Fundeb: an assessment of the evolution of the number of enrolments and schools in Brazilian basic education

• Autor(a) principal: Davies, Nicholas
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Alcântara, Alzira Batalha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: FINEDUCA - Revista de Financiamento da Educação
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/fineduca/article/view/104054
• topic: Censos educacionais. Educação básica. Matrícula escolar. Fundeb.; Censos escolares; Fundeb; Educational census. Basic education. School enrolments. Fundeb.

The article is intended, on the basis of educational census, to provide a picture of the evolution of state and municipal enrolments and schools between 2007 and 2019 and private enrolments and schools between 2006 and 2019 in basic education (all schooling prior to higher education) in Brazil, and their share in every state. The study found a national reduction in the number of state (-6,620,267, or -30.2%) and municipal (-1,503,390, or -6.1%) enrolments, a decline in the state share and a small municipal growth. On the other hand, the number of private enrolments (+1,788,582, or +24.3%) and schools has increased, as well as the private share. It points out the insufficiency of explanations for this reduction (decline in birth rate) and suggests that it is much more likely that government actions or omissions have stimulated the private growth by reducing the number of public enrolments and schools. In view of this evolution, the article concludes that Fundeb has not maintained nor developed the number of public basic education enrolments and schools.