NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS IN THE PRIVATIZATION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

ABSTRACT: This article results of a concluded research on the participation of non-profit institutions in the offer of Early Childhood Education (EI) under the responsibility of the Municipality of Campinas (PMC), from 2007 to 2018. It aimed to understand the nature and performance of these institutions in the attendance of EI in relation to the processes of privatization of Basic Education. The research was based on primary sources consulted on the PMC sites, the Statistics Portal of the State of São Paulo (Seade), the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE) and the microdata of the School Census. The results of the study pointed to transformations and political-normative (in)adequacy in the (re)constitution of non-profit institutions, aiming to better meet the demands of EI of the municipality. In addition, it showed the option of PMC for expanding the offer of private EI through non-profit institutions to the detriment of the direct public offering was evidenced.