On 20 March, The pandemic has impacted education all over the world. In over a hundred countries, there were nationwide school closures. However, President Jair Bolsonaro has issued few country-wide measures to slow the spread of the virus,[124][125] and because the federal government failed to act appropriately regarding the pandemic and had, as of 20 March, not decided to cancel classes in the whole country, lower instances of government had to act autonomously.