COMPARAR PARA COMPRENDER: ANÁLISIS DE ALGUNOS ELEMENTOS DE LA LEY DE DIRECTRICES Y BASES DE LA EDUCACIÓN BRASILEÑA (LEY 9394/1996) Y DE LA LEY DE EDUCACIÓN BOLIVIANA (LEY 070/2010)

Abstract

This article compares the educational legislation of Brazil and Bolivia, highlighting its elements and basic structures. Its objectives are to identify the legal foundations of education in Brazil and Bolivia, to compare them by analyzing the similarities and differences between the laws, and to consider how each country ensures the right to education. For this purpose, we used the following laws: the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education (Law no. 9394/1996) of Brazil, and the Law of Education Avelino Siñani-Elizardo Pérez (Law No. 070/2010) of Bolivia, as well as articles on the subject. The methodology used was comparative analysis, demonstrating how the two educational systems structure and ensure the provision of free and compulsory education. We consider that both countries guarantee free education. Despite differences in historical and political contexts, both share a commitment to ensuring universal education as a fundamental right, although focused more on access and less on student retention in the educational systems.