In half the states, education funding is being cut, which means bigger classes, shoddier facilities, and fewer frills like music, art, languages, and library books.
As the Games have approached, Brazil's deficiencies in preparedness for them have become painfully evident, and include everything from shoddy workmanship in sports facilities and the athletes' village to the untreated sewage, and occasional floating bodies, in Guanabara Bay, where the water-sports events are to take place — not to mention the presence of violent armed gangs, and so on.
In some cases, shoddy infrastructure, poor storage facilities and a lack of adequate refrigeration cause food to spoil on the way from the farm to grocery stores.
Many teachers earn only $630£38787) monthly, forcing them to do extra jobs, facilities were often shoddy and there was a shortage of instruments, said Juan Carlos Hernández, a veteran instructor.
A film festival which once boasted Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Sheen among its high-profile supporters has come under fire over allegations of minimal publicity, poor screening facilities and a shoddy judging process.
The inspector general said it had uncovered the work done by Zurmat as part of a separate investigation into shoddy construction work at the detention facility, which is adjacent to Bagram Air Base, one of the largest coalition bases in Afghanistan.
The report was filled with pictures of shoddy construction work at hospitals, clinics and other facilities that had been certified as adequate.
They must coordinate all phases, distinguish the good from the shoddy, and shoulder the responsibility for producing a well-designed facility.
At the height of the "affinity" boom, L.G.B.T.-assisted living communities and nursing homes were all the rage, seen as a solution to the shoddy treatment that those of different sexual orientations in the pre-Stonewall generation experienced in generic facilities.
