Public Brazilian schools are in danger because of a law project that privatizes them. In total, more than 200 public schools in Paraná are supposed to be carried by private companies paid by the state government.


What is the project proposal? 👥

The project is carried out by Ratinho Júnior, governor of the state of Paraná, and it privatizes and outsources Paraná's public school management. Also known as "Parceiros da Escola" (school partners), the project intends to outsource meals, equipment, structure, and hiring of employees to private companies.
 
The idea is that the government will give a budget to a company to manage the schools according to their necessities, and students will continue not paying for the public institutions.
 

Refuses ❌

 A lot of people are refusing it, however. The arguments involve the fact that companies don't care more about helping society than about profiting. Following this thought, the companies would not concentrate on just managing the schools because they wouldn't receive payment from the population.
 
In parallel, the only form of profit would be a decrease in investments in public schools. This way, the quantity destined for the gain would be bigger, and the teaching institution would have less infrastructure than before.
 

Teacher conditions 👨🏻‍🏫

Some teachers from schools that were privatized in 2023 say that certified teachers, who have more privileges, like higher salaries, in public schools, were fired. This happened because the company contracted another one to work with CLT, which doesn't follow the basic salary for teachers, which gives autonomy for the company to fire them anytime without an increase that accords with the teacher statute.
 
The lesson hours will change too. 1 hour will not cost the same. With the project, 8 hours of work will equal one activity hour. The number of monitors working as teachers will increase because they cost more than undergraduates. Teachers will also be forced to give presence and high grades to every student, besides individual behavior. This will work like make-up to mask the real situation of the public institutions. All this situation provoked revolts among teachers, who imposed strikes to prevent it.



REPÓRTER: João Vitor Brasileiro
REDIGIDO POR: Cleidyane Vieira