HIGH SCHOOL IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN BRAZIL: INEQUALITIES AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES

Abstract

This article approaches, in the five regions of Brazil, the universalization of High School, initial training and work conditions of teachers. The discussion was carried out based on educational indicators available at the National Research of Household Sample and the School Census. The analysis makes explicit disparities among the regions regarding to the universalization of access, most claimed in North and Northwest regions. Appropriate training has more requirements in Northwest and Central West regions. Similarly, better work conditions are most required in Central west, North and South. At the same time, it points, in the five regions, a context far from of the National Education Plan (2014-2024). It suggests that social quality of High School only will be a reality with insurance of universalization to young people from 15 to 17 years old and with all the teachers socially valued. It also demonstrates dimensions silenced nowadays in the Law number 13.415/2017 and its bet on flexibility.