Kroton

Kroton Educacional operates as a private educational organization in Brazil. It operates through three segments: In-Class Higher Education, Distance Learning Higher Education, and Basic Education. Kroton Educacional offers in-class and distance-learning higher education, and post-graduate courses; manages child, K-12, and high-school teaching activities; sells textbooks and learning aids; and licenses teaching and pedagogic products. It provides technical and preparatory courses for civil service examinations and Brazilian Bar Association; advises on and/or offers the direct and indirect financing for students; and develops software for adaptive teaching and academic management optimization. Kroton Educacional's services include primary, secondary, and post-secondary education services with on-campus undergraduate and graduate programs, and distance learning, as well as graduate, master’s and doctoral programs; preparatory courses under the brand LFG; unregulated programs; and language courses. It operates 119 higher education units in 15 Brazilian states and 74 cities; 1,111 distance-learning graduation centers in various Brazilian states and in the Federal District; and 870 associated basic education schools in Brazil. OPPORTUNITY OFFICEPAR PARTICIPAÇÕES that began operation in 1966 became Kroton Educacional in May 2007. It has its headquarters in Belo Horizonte in Brazil.