O programa “Escola da Autoria” e a efetivação do direito à educação para jovens do ensino médio na coordenadoria regional de educação de Nova Andradina-MS

Abstract

This Doctoral Thesis is linked to the Graduate Program in Education at the Faculty of Education of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (PPGEdu/FAED/UFGD), under the Research Line "Education Policies and Management," and is part of an interinstitutional research project called "High School Reform with Law 13,415/2017: Implementation Paths in the State and Federal High School Networks of Mato Grosso do Sul," which is a network investigation nationally coordinated by the EMpesquisa Group, where EM stands for High School (Ensino Médio). The main objective is to analyze the contribution of the "Escola da Autoria" Program in realizing the right to education for high school youth within the Regional Education Coordination of Nova Andradina. The "Escola da Autoria" Program was established to ensure the adherence of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul to the Program for the Promotion of Full-Time High School Implementation, instituted by Law No. 13,415/2017, commonly known as the New High School Law.A quali-quantitative approach was adopted in this research, based on documentary analysis, including federal and state legislation, data from the Anísio Teixeira National Institute for Educational Studies and Research (INEP), records from the School Data Management System (SGDE), and External Institutional Evaluation (AIEMS) of the State Department of Education (SED/MS), the Pedagogical and Management Proposal of the Program, and reports from Support and Monitoring Cycles. Indicators of access, socioeconomic profile, school retention, and student flow were examined in six state schools under the Regional Education Coordination of Nova Andradina that joined the Program between 2020 and 2021, considering the two-year period before and after their adherence.The central question of this research is whether the "Escola da Autoria" Program contributes to the realization of the right to education for high school youth within the Regional Education Coordination of Nova Andradina, particularly those in a context of greater social vulnerability. The results reveal that, although the Program is part of the Full-Time High School Implementation Promotion Program and receives federal funding, it ends up benefiting only a limited group of students: after "silent dropouts" of those who did not adapt to the pedagogical proposal, the remaining students are mostly from less vulnerable social segments. The proven Thesis argues that the "Escola da Autoria" Program has not contributed to the realization of the social right to education for high school youth within the Regional Education Coordination of Nova Andradina. Instead of reducing educational inequalities, it accentuates them by predominantly benefiting students with lower social vulnerability, failing to fulfill its role in democratizing and universalizing access to quality high school education.