The school network in the rural seated communities, quilombolas and indigenous peoples of Tocantins

• Main Authors: Alexsandro Silvestre da Rocha, Regina Lelis de Sousa, Denisia Brito Soares, Nilo Maurício Sotomayor Choque, Liliana Ancalla Dávila, Shirlei Nabarrete Dezidério, Érica Cupertino Gomes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Tocantins 2020-01-01
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo
• Subjects: quilombolas; settlements; indigenous lands; school units
• Online Access: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/campo/article/view/5871/16297
• ISSN: 2525-4863; 2525-4863

Under the spotlight as the newest state of the federation, the Tocantins carries the Brazilian malaise, like the deficiencies in several public services rendered to the population. Education is no exception and is part of this gap, with a lack of school units, teachers, adequate academic training, quality school structure, among many others. When it comes to education in the countryside, those problems become more latent. The objective of this work was to investigate the main characteristics of the educational situation of the three large rural social communities of Tocantins, the Rural Settlements, the Remnant Areas of Quilombos and the Indigenous Lands, through a quantitative analysis of data available from government agencies. It has been shown that the supply of basic education in these communities is heterogeneous in terms of the number of schools and school levels offered and is, in its entirety, borne by the state and municipal governments. It was identified that the Remnant Areas of Quilombos do not count on offer of secondary education.