Escola Internacional Cidade Viva
Joao Pessoa, Brazil · PrivateKey facts
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cognia · accreditationCidade Viva · school is part of the networkWhat stands behind each entry
The widest-reaching American accreditation: some forty thousand schools in over a hundred countries. It accredits both individual schools and whole school systems. It also sells a paid membership with no inspection behind it, and that membership is often passed off as accreditation.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →A religious association in João Pessoa, state of Paraíba. Its own site lists some fifteen churches in João Pessoa and seven further cities (Mataraca, Brasília, Campina Grande, Natal, São Paulo, Sapé, Conde), and alongside them a school, the FICV higher education institution and media platforms. The association has one school, so it is not a network of schools: it is a founder, and in the card it is listed precisely as a founder.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.