O Fundeb na educação pública brasileira: limites e possibilidades

Abstract

This research analyzes the importance of the Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and the Valorization of Education Professionals (Fundeb) in the subsistence of public schools as a contribution to the reduction of social inequalities. Thus, through the research method of bibliographic-document analysis, the question is: what is the importance of Fundeb in reducing social inequalities? The research aims to investigate the characteristics of Fundeb's public policy and its importance in maintaining public schools in Brazil, resuming the path of construction of Fundeb and its differences in relation to the Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Elementary Education and the Valorisation of Teaching (Fundef ), analyzing the influence of neoliberalism on social inequalities and identifying the importance of Fundeb in reducing them. For that, it is necessary to resume the path of construction of Fundeb and its differences in relation to Fundef, to analyze the influence of neoliberalism on social inequalities and to identify the importance of Fundeb in reducing social inequalities. It is noteworthy that neoliberalism has a great impact on the daily life of schools, influencing them for the needs of the market and work, making technical training more meaningful than the integral training of individuals. These practices contribute significantly to the increase of social inequalities, that is, to the increase of poverty, reinforcing the division of classes and shaping society to serve the interests of the political and the ruling class. These are some characteristics of neoliberalism, which, despite not being the principle, contributes to sustaining social inequalities and defends such actions as necessary for the survival of society and, above all, of the economy and capitalism, priorities in this model of government. Education is essential in promoting the reduction of social inequality. For that, it is necessary to act in the valuation of the school and of the education professionals. Thus, the present research analyzed the 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil in aspects related to the regulation of the supply and maintenance of education in Brazil and to complementary laws related to the same subject, to understand the functioning of Fundeb in the maintenance of public schools and their contribution to the reduction of social inequalities.