The implementation impacts of FUNDEF in infant education in Campo Grande/MS, Brazil [1997-2000]

Authors

  • Maria Dilnéia Espíndola Fernandes Universidade Federal de Mato Grasso do Sul
  • Francielli de Souza Lourenço Universidade Federal de Mato Grasso do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/jpe.v3i5.17353

Keywords:

Política Educacional, Financiamento da Educação Infantil, Fundef, Educação Infantil em Campo Grande

Abstract

The objective of this work is to unveil the impacts of the fund for the Maintenance and Developmentof Fundamental Education and the Valorization of Teaching [Fundef], regulated by the Law #9424/1996,caused in infant education in the municipality of Campo Grande during the period immediately following itsimplantation, between the years 1997 and 2000 [during the Mayor André Pucinelli’s tenure]. It is emphasizedthat the Fundef determined the focalization of public funds for the maintenance and development ofschooling in fundamental education, although local legislation in vigour had infant education constitutedas the first step of basic education, un the municipal government’s responsibility to this end, educationallegislation on the municipal, state and federal levels was analyzed, along with statistical data on populationand education, as well as account balance-sheets if the municipal government of Campo Grande. Ineffect, infant education in Campo Grande was attended to by the state as well as the municipality. With theeffectivity of the Fundef, and with the implantation of the cyclical regime, the state government, however,stopped all financial support. Research results showed that there was a reduction of the matriculations andresources for infant education in the municipality during the period, to the extent that the Fundef subliinked60% of the resources destined to the maintenance and development of schooling of the fundamental level,sensitively raising the repressed demand for infant education.

How to Cite

Fernandes, M. D. E., & Lourenço, F. de S. (2009). The implementation impacts of FUNDEF in infant education in Campo Grande/MS, Brazil [1997-2000]. Jornal De Políticas Educacionais, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.5380/jpe.v3i5.17353

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