São Paulo has poor educational results after almost 30 years of PSDB rule.
The number of students enrolled in elementary and high school in the state of São Paulo has been declining since 1995, the first year of the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party) era.
247 - After 28 years of PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party) administration in the state of São Paulo, the state education system continues to have low percentages of students with adequate learning. The state of São Paulo accounts for the largest public basic education network in the country, with 3,3 million enrollments from elementary to high school. In 1995, the first year of the PSDB era, under the government of Mário Covas (1930-2001), more than 6,5 million students were enrolled in state schools.
According to information published this Monday (26) by newspaper Folha de S. PauloAccording to data from Saresp (the state's assessment of school performance), in 2021, 96,6% of students finished school without even learning how to solve a first-degree equation.
Prosecutor Elida Graziane, from the Public Prosecutor's Office of Accounts of São Paulo (MPC-SP), stated that the only consistent policy was to use education funds to pay for pensions, a practice that was common in the late 1990s, was the subject of a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission between 1999 and 2000, and was maintained.
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In a statement, the São Paulo State Department of Education affirmed that the PSDB governments implemented "structural reforms in state public education" and, as a consequence, "brought stability and results to a system that was completely disorganized and stagnant in the mid-90s."
According to the department, São Paulo was the first state to implement the new high school curriculum, having allocated R$ 3,5 billion to schools in the last four years, in addition to "stimulating the strengthening of municipal networks." The department cited the expansion of services for students with disabilities and the more than fivefold increase in the number of full-time schools.
"The programs and projects implemented over the past 28 years are not the property of government officials or political parties. The state policies planned and executed during this period are achievements of society, especially students, teachers, and school staff," the secretariat stated.
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