O Plano Municipal de Educação de Santo Estevão-BA: limites e possibilidades na luta para a garantia do direito à Educação do Campo

Abstract

This dissertation, linked to the research line “Educational Policies, Social Movements and Educational Processes” of the Postgraduate Program in Education (PPGE) at the State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), has the general objective of analyzing educational policies for Rural Education in the Municipal Education Plan (PME) of Santo EstevãoBA. Specific objectives includes: analyzing the goals and strategies for Rural Education policy proposed in the Santo Estevão PME; identifying policies for democratic management in rural schools in the Santo Estevão-BA PME; and analyzing Rural Education in the evaluation and monitoring reports of the Santo Estevão-BA PME. The methodology employed a qualitativo approach, specifically documentary research, using Bardin's (1977) content analysis technique for data analysis. The theoretical framework is based on studies by authors who address Rural Education such as Arroyo (1983), Caldart (2004), Leite (1999), Munarim (2006, 2016), and authors who discuss public policies and/or neoliberalism such as Dardot and Laval (2016), Gentili (1995), Höfling (2001), Saviani (2008), Paro (2006), as well as authors who analyze ten-year education plans such as Bordignon (2014), Dourado (2010), Silva, Cavalcante and Abreu (2025), among others. The results indicate that some strategies of the Municipal Education Plan (PME) are aligned with the Rural Education policy set forth in Presidential Decree No. 7,352/2010, while others are based on a neoliberal rationale, such as public-private partnerships. It was found that the discussion on democratic management in the context of rural schools has been erased. Furthermore, the analysis of monitoring reports and evaluation documents reveals advances, limitations, and contradictions between what is proposed in the Municipal Education Plan (PME) document and the concrete conditions for its implementation in rural schools.