Plano municipal de educação: implementação e participação social

Abstract

This research aims to reflect upon the theory behind the implementation of the Municipal Education Plan. The Municipal Education Plan is a document which, after being established by law, will serve to analyse the education policy of a municipality in order to construct a new public policy and provide feedback as to whether goals have been achieved. It is also a strategic document which intends to provide periodic evaluation of public education policy in partnership with the Federal Constitution and the Organic Law of the City. In this research we consider the participation of the professionals as well as all other parts of society involved in the education process, and in particular focus on investigating the role of the democratization of power. An example of this is the democratic management of citizenship. We also present a brief history of education in Brazil and predict its future prospects. In particular our analysis of the main political-institutional factors in education show the plan as an important and necessary document for the educational process. This study was developed by reviewing the ten year Municipal Education Plan of the city of Oliveira Fortes, Minas Gerais. We chose a qualitative design as a work method to achieve the suggested objectives. In order to analyze the Municipal Education Plan we used documented and bibliographic research along with records and minutes of meetings concerning the plan’s implementation. We also conducted semi-structured interviews with municipal managers, professors, directors, pedagogy supervisors, parents and students representatives of the Council for Social Monitoring and Control (CACS) of the National Fund for the Development and Enhancement of Basic Education Professionals (FUNDEB). These interviews allowed us to reflect upon implemenation of the ten-year Municipal Education Plan of Oliveira Fortes and in particular upon the behaviour and participation of our subjects. We believe that this research will bring be a valid contribution to the implementation process of Municipal Education Plan and that it will also help us to understand the people involved and how they can contribute to quality municipal education.