ENTREVISTA: PROFESSOR NELSON CARDOSO AMARAL E O EIXO FINANCIAMENTO DA EDUCAÇÃO NA CONAE 2024

Abstract

In 2023, the National Education Conference – CONAE, 2024 edition, was convened on an extraordinary basis through Presidential Decree n° 11,697, of September 11, 2023, with the aim of guaranteeing the participation of organized civil society in the preparation of the Plan National Education – PNE (2024-2034). Preceded by the municipal, intermunicipal, district and state stages, the national stage considered the synthesis of the evaluation of PNE data (2014-2024) by highlighting the obstacles and needs of public education in Brazil. The central theme discussed involved the National Education Plan – PNE during 2024 – 2034, as a state policy to guarantee education as a human right, with social justice and sustainable socio-environmental development. Among the seven thematic axes covered, Axis 6 stands out – Public financing of public education, with social control and guarantee of adequate conditions for the social quality of education, with a view to democratizing access and permanence. In this context, according to the National Campaign for the Right to Education, between the 28th, 29th, and 30th of January 2024, CONAE had the participation of 1,846 delegates from all corners of the country. This is the context of this interview with Professor Emeritus Nelson Cardoso Amaral, permanent member of the Postgraduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Goiás – UFG and President of the National Association for Research in Education Financing (FINEDUCA), whose academic position reveals significant contributions to understanding education financing in the Brazilian scenario.