Editorial photo #2189039 Social Issue

Protest against the restriction of the Student Free Pass in Sao Paulo

Students protest against the restriction imposed by the City of São Paulo in the use of the Free Student Pass benefit The act was convened by the National Union of Students (UNE), União Paulista de Estudantes Secundaristas and União Estadual de Estudantes, on September 15, 2017. With banners and posters, they shouted slogans and sang songs composed with the motto of the act The Free Pass, he cut João Dória is a little playboy who calls himself a worker No, no, to privatization, I want to Free Pass for education "were some of the chanted verses. Before the reduction, the student could make up to eight bus shipments during the 24 hours of the day. Now the student can make four trips for two hours and, at another time of the day, four more trips for two hours. The City of São Paulo informed that it will save R$ 70 million until the end of the year with the measure and that this money will be invested in education. (Photo by Cris Faga/NurPhoto)