Lula Says It's Cheaper to Invest in Education than in Jail

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The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said on Friday (19) that the program Pé de Meia reduced the school escape in high school by 62%. The program serves around 500,000 students. He evaluated that investments in education and health cost less than the costs of maintaining deficit services. "One year of college costs R$ 20,000 per student. One prisoner costs R$ 40,000 per year. One boy in the federal institute costs R$ 16 thousand per year…