This chapter will argue that certain social policies aimed at the inclusion of pupils within Brazil’s educational system can have an effect that is contrary to what was intended. Drawing on data collected in the municipal education system of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, this chapter will focus on policies regarding school meals, pupil transportation, and school violence that can simultaneously be inclusionary and exclusionary by facilitating the inclusion of pupils within municipal schools, while excluding them from a quality education.
To understand how such a social and educational paradox can occur it is important to understand the context within which it evolved, beginning with the structural conditions of municipal education in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which changed significantly during the period following the 1988 Constitution. At this time, a significant number of municipalities became independent and were free to develop their own educational system. In general, the schools had poor infrastructure and were unable to offer meals to large numbers of pupils due to poorly equipped kitchens, inadequately trained cooks, and unsuitable cafeteria to serve food. This situation created great pressure on school principals to find additional ways to serve good meals to their pupils, and with scarce resources, this new school function served to divert them from their focus on teaching and learning.
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de Castro, M.L.S., Menezes, J.S.D.S. (2008). The Process of Inclusion/Exclusion in Brazilian Schools: Data from Reality. In: Zajda, J., Biraimah, K., Gaudelli, W. (eds) Education and Social Inequality in the Global Culture. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6927-7_6
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