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Will include in today's links post that I am still working on + had done a short write-up about them last July: Afya (NASDAQ: AFYA): Shares of Brazil's Leading Medical Education Group Struggle to Breakout https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/afya-brazils-leading-medical-education-stock/comments

YOU WOULD BE IN MUCH BETTER POSITION TO COMMENT OR WRITE ABOUT THESE OTHER BRAZILIAN EDUCATON STOCKS - ITS AN INTERESTING SPACE (SAME WITH SOUTH AFRICANS ONES I DID WRITE-UPs ON)

1) Cogna Educação (BVMF: COGN3 / OTCQX: COGNY): One of the World's Largest Private Education Providers

https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/cogna-educacao-one-worlds-largest-education-orgs

2) Vasta Platform Limited (NASDAQ: VSTA): A Brazilian Subscription Based High Growth Education Company

https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/vasta-platform-limited-brazil-education-stock/comments

3) Vitru Limited (NASDAQ: VTRU): Positive Momentum for Brazil's Leading Distance Learning Higher Education Provider

https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/vitru-limited-brazil-distance-learning-stock/comments

4) YDUQS Participações (BVMF: YDUQ3): Digital Learning Investments Pay Off as Growth Continues

https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/yduqs-participacoes-digital-learning-paying-off

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Thanks for the comment!!

That's a great list of Brazilian Education stocks. I also have tickers ANIM3, BAHI3, CSED3, SEER3 on my education watchlist.

However, Afya is the only Brazilian education stock I have done a deep dive on. I have looked at others, but don't have a strong opinion.

Of all the education niches, I feel most comfortable that medical education will have continued demand/growth in the medium to long term. I'm sure tech will have an impact on medical school education, but I think less so than most other education fields.

I am much less sure about what the demand and structure of higher education for accounting, psychology, law school, etc...will look like in 5-10 years.

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And they all cover different niches or have different strategies... In South Africa, the collapse of anything run by the central govt is driving private education growth + the providers have expanded around Africa where there is a growing middle class who want their children educated. I am not sure what the state of public education is in Brazil or Latin America or if its in bad shape (like in much of the USA!) whether that driving growth...

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From what I understand the top public universities, like USP in Sao Paulo for example, are consider very high quality and are among the most competitive in Brazil since its free.

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