Can quality of education be demanded from the Tutelage Council?

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper was to analyze whether the quality of education can be demanded from the Tutelage Council (Conselho Tutelar). It is a qualitative research based on documents regarding the protective practice developed by the Tutelage Council for the effectiveness of educational quality. Data registered in the Information System for Children and Adolescents (Sistema de Informação para a Infância e Adolescência - SIPIA) regarding educational rights violated in Pernambuco, Brazil, were examined, which were treated in the light of the categorical analysis of content. The text was based on the debate held since 1990 on the quality of education, which coincides with the universal access to school, as well as with the social demands for the effective protection of children and adolescents. It was concluded that the lack of quality in terms of the practices carried out in the school routine represents a violation of educational rights enshrined in the Statute of Children and Adolescents (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente - ECA), even 30 years after its promulgation. Therefore, it is necessary to demand quality education in a social justice perspective, as this quality is still far from being achieved.

摘要 本研究旨在分析能否向监护委员会（Tutelage Council，葡萄牙语原名：Conselho Tutelar）就教育质量提出诉求。本研究为质性研究，基于巴西监护委员会为提升教育质量实效所开展的保护实践相关文献。本研究分析了巴西伯南布哥州境内涉及受教育权被侵害的、登记于儿童与青少年信息系统（Sistema de Informação para a Infância e Adolescência，简称SIPIA）的相关数据，并采用内容分类分析法对数据进行阐释与处理。本研究立足于1990年以来围绕教育质量展开的讨论，该讨论与全民普及学校教育的进程相契合，同时契合社会对切实保护儿童与青少年权益的诉求。研究结论表明，即便在《儿童与青少年权利法案》（Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente，简称ECA）颁布30年后，学校日常教学实践中存在的质量短板问题，仍构成对该法案所确立的受教育权的侵害。因此，从社会正义视角出发，亟需以保障教育质量为核心推进相关工作，因为当前教育质量仍远未达到应有的水准。