DOS PLANOS MUNICIPAIS DE EDUCAÇÃO À GESTÃO DEMOCRÁTICA DA EDUCAÇÃO PÚBLICA: ESTUDO DE MUNICÍPIOS SUL-MATO-GROSSENSES

Abstract

The present investigation is part of the “History, Policies and Education” Research line of the Graduate Program in Education - Doctorate course at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) whose general objective is to analyze the regulation of Democratic Management of public education in the municipalities of the Southern Cone region of Mato Grosso do Sul in the context of the Municipal Education Plans. And, as a chain, there are the following specific objectives: a) To contextualize educational planning in a national context, in intersection with the place, based on the formulation of ten-year education plans; b) Identify the constitution of the Democratic Management principle of public education and its main regulatory frameworks at the federal level in general and, in particular, in the context of the National Education Plan (2014-2014), and related state legislation in the context of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul; c) To analyze the form, the content and the regulatory process of the democratic management of public education in the context of the Municipal Education Plans of the Southern Cone Region of MS. The methodology used comprises bibliographic and documentary research, in addition to conducting semi-structured interviews with the Municipal Secretaries of Education and Presidents of the Education Workers Unions limited to the municipalities in question. The data show that historically the planning of educational policies in Brazil has been in dispute for different conceptions of State, Democracy and Education. The new configuration resulting from the recognition of the municipality as a federative entity implies new manifestations of local power, whose instruments that enable democratic management are necessary in order to favor the exercise of autonomy in general and, in particular, in the educational context. In particular to the municipal education plans and the regulation of democratic management in the municipalities of the Southern Cone region of MS, it is noted that, although all have committed themselves, on the legal plane, to regulate democratic management, the current scenario indicates little progress since specific laws were only created in two of the seven municipalities surveyed. Legality of consultation with the school community combined with the concept of filling the position of school director as a discretionary act of the head of the Executive Branch are central perspectives in the themes related to the democratic management of the surveyed municipalities, to the detriment of the constitution of the other enabling instruments, such as constitution of municipal education councils and forums.