Brazil family trust in schools drops to 30%

A survey conducted by the Instituto Futuro é Infância Saudável (Infinis) in partnership with Quaest reveals that trust in Brazilian educational institutions has fallen to 30% in 2026. This represents a 25 percentage point decrease from 2021, when trust levels were at 55%.

According to the study, 55% of respondents reported having little trust in schools. Regarding safety, 73% of Brazilians consider schools to be little or not at all safe for children and adolescents, with the highest perception of insecurity found in the Southeast region at 76%.

Among child protection services, psychologists and counseling services received the highest level of trust at 60%, followed by the police at 49%. Conversely, shelters and NGOs received the lowest level of high trust at 19%.