Rights to education in rural territories of the State of São Paulo: subsidies for the actions of the Public Ministry of São Paulo

• Grant number: 23/02523-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research in Public Policies
• Start date: August 01, 2023
• End date: July 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Fabiana de Cássia Rodrigues
• Grantee: Fabiana de Cássia Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação (FE). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Ana Paula Soares da Silva ; Jose Gilberto de Souza
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/16723-6 - Analysis of educational supply and demand conditions in Indigenous Lands in the state of São Paulo, BP.TT; 24/06376-7 - Analysis of educational supply and demand conditions in quilombola territories in the state of São Paulo, BP.TT; 24/02500-5 - An analysis of the demands made to the "Ministério Público" and the proceedings initiated by the prosecutors' offices regarding basic education in rural areas in the state of São Paulo., BP.TT; 24/04089-0 - The conditions of offering education in rural territories in the state of São Paulo (2010 - 2021)., BP.TT; 23/12465-0 - Geographic distribution of rural social subjects and the demands of a inclusive education., BP.TT

Abstract

In the State of São Paulo, as in the rest of Brazil, inequalities in access and quality of educational services are crossed by constraints of gender, class, race and place of residence. Historically, rural territories have always presented the worst indicators in relation to urban space. Actions that affect public policies for access to school are fundamental for the promotion of democratic education, which presupposes access, quality and equity. The Public Ministry plays a prominent role in the defense of diffuse and collective rights, including the right to Education. However, the social invisibility of the demands of rural populations, associated with a centered urban ideology, also affects the Public Ministry, which has been unable to act in guaranteeing this right. The project aims to broaden and deepen the recognition of the Education agenda for children and adolescents in rural territories in the work agenda of the Public Ministry of the State of São Paulo (MPSP). In order to accomplish this general goal, it will be necessary: the analysis of the particular forms of rural education in the State of São Paulo, also the training of MPSP members to optimization of its actions. The project foresees two phases that encompass: 1) Composition of the territorial analysis base; Survey and analysis of quantitative data on the conditions of educational supply and demand in rural territories; Survey of the Public Ministry's actions on the subject; Elaboration of the education atlas of rural territories in São Paulo. 2) Construction by the MPSP team, together with university researchers, the guiding documents on the theme of the project to instruct the work of the prosecutor and induce internal policies in tune with overcoming inequalities and promoting the educational right of children and adolescents in rural territories. It is intended, with this, to increase the adhesion of promoters and technical team for the defense of these rights. (AU)