The Ministry of Education will present protocols to prevent and respond to racism in schools. The notices with the proposals will be published in the coming months and can be applied to all educational institutions in the country – public and private. The measure is part of the design of the National Education Policy for Ethnic-Racial Relations, which should be announced on May 14th.
In total, the policy has 7 axes, one of which is the diagnosis of monitoring the implementation of Law 10,639 of 2003, which determined the mandatory inclusion of the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in all stages of basic education.
The announcement was made amid recent cases of racism in teaching units. One of them was carried out on April 3, in Brasília, when students from the Franciscan School Nossa Senhora de Fátima were harassed with racist insults by Galois College students, during a futsal match valid for the Schools League tournament. Because of the episode, Galois – a private school in the federal capital – expelled some of those involved, while others asked to leave the institution.
Another case that had wide repercussion was reported by the actress Samara Felippowho filed an electronic police report after her 14-year-old daughter was a victim of racism at a high-end school in São Paulo.
According to the State Department of Public Security, in the incident record the actress mentioned that racist insults were written in one of her daughter’s notebooks. The case was registered as “race or color prejudice” and is being analyzed by the 14th Police District of Pinheiros, in the capital of São Paulo. The episode took place at Escola Vera Cruz, in the Pinheiros neighborhood, and two students involved were suspended by the school.
Research released last year showed that 71% of municipal education departments do not have consistent actions to comply with legislation. Another study released this year indicates that around 90% of daycare and preschool education classes ignore racial topics.
To accelerate the implementation of Law 10,639 of 2003, the MEC must announce work to strengthen educational networks through a regime of federative collaboration and coordination. Financial, technical and symbolic incentives are foreseen in the implementation of the national education policy on ethnic-racial relations.
Didatic books
According to the MEC, a commission – formed by the Secretariat of Basic Education, Secretariat of Continuing Education, Youth and Adult Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion and the National Education Development Fund (FNDE) – has produced analyzes to improve notices for the National Book Program and Teaching Material.
This program evaluates and makes didactic, pedagogical and literary works available, among other materials to support educational practice, in a systematic, regular and free manner, to public basic education schools in the federal, state, municipal and district networks and also to educational institutions community, confessional or philanthropic non-profit children’s organizations in partnership with public authorities.
In addition to textbooks, the national policy to be launched by the MEC this month should highlight the publication of literary books focused on ethnic-racial themes.
“Another concern of the MEC regarding the topic is teacher training. It is understood that it is necessary to train teachers, but also managers and technicians, after all, decision makers within schools are important actors in this process. In this sense, the training design contemplates all these dimensions”the Ministry of Education informed the Brazil Agency.
With information from Brazil Agency.
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