Education

Educators and students of educational panorama in Brazil consider a promising challenge the proposals of the new National Education Plan (NAP) for the period 2011-2020 which is pending in Congress. The main items of the new planning focus on the development of early childhood education, the gradual increase in infrastructure investments and, above all, as claimed qualification processes and enhancement of the teaching career. The first PNE, prepared for the decade 2001-2010, was flawed in its very essence, and also about the practical ability of viable, primarily to determine that 7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazil should be spent on education, requirement was subject to veto summary of then-President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, in exercise of his second term and grappling with a serious crisis in the national economy.

Actually, the NSP was first taken by analysts as very complicated and difficult to implement, with its 295 targets, often confusing and difficult to apply in practice. The new National Education Plan includes only 20 goals, making it easier, so sensitive, and thereby enabling their understanding of the rules contained therein, including in relation to the allocation of responsibility within the process.

Among the commitments are keeping 50% of children 0-3 years old in nurseries, the average growth of the Index of Basic Education Development (IDEB) and increased investment in education, currently around 5% of GDP. An essential detail for the success of the NAP scheduled for the next decade lies in their goals aimed at improving career and wages of professional education. It is intended to form 50% of teachers in the industry with basic postgraduate career plans and ensuring consistent with the aspirations of the members of the faculty. After being validated by Congress, the SNP will require that all systems have two years to organize career plans showing wages consistent with the level of education corresponding to them.

There is a consensus, already well stratified, that development is intended for the teaching career are essential for achieving a significant qualitative leap in the level of national education. Only through strong support of professional development of the master, which also falls within a context of optimal conditions for the exercise of their work, Brazil will move towards overcoming troublesome problem.

To reach this important stage in its development, too much is expected of the future Educational Accountability Act, also sent to Congress, which will be designed to obtain in the field of public education the same positive responses obtained through the Fiscal Responsibility Law , which contributed, undoubtedly, to lend greater visibility and transparency to the administration area. Are landmarks that certainly will be scored positive for the future of Brazil.