Commodification of High School Education in Pará State

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v11.n2.a6256

Abstract

Brazilian state of Pará has defined its educational policy accordingly to the Brazilian federal government proposals, such as entering into public-private partnerships for the betterment of education. On the face of it, this paper aims to reveal which are the strategies aligned with a market-based logic employed by the government to improve quality of high school education, through analyzing the “Pact for Education in Pará state”. Carrying out bibliographical research and document analysis, we found out that such strategies were the "ProEMI", "SEI" and "Mundiar" programs, all of which made use of audiovisual-based classes, altered curriculums and grounded them in corporative prescriptions, reduced the need for teachers in contact with students, replacing them for prerecorded lessons, not to mention other consequences stablished by private groups that enter public spaces and act partnering with the state when formulating educational policy. 

Keywords: Pact for Education in Pará state. Public-private partnerships. Commodification of high school education in Pará.

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Author Biographies

  • Cassio Vale, Universidade Federal do Pará

    Doutorando em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Pará. Membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Observatório de Gestão Escolar Democrática (Observe/UFPA).

  • Terezinha Fátima Andrade Monteiro dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Pará

    Doutora em Educação. Professora da Universidade Federal do Pará. Líder do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Observatório d gestão Escolar Democrática (Observe/UFPA).

Published

2022-12-07

How to Cite

Commodification of High School Education in Pará State. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 11, n. 2, 2022. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v11.n2.a6256. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/6256. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2026.