Avaliação do planejamento da educação de Palmas - TO

Abstract

The present work evaluates the performance indicators of public education in Palmas in the state of Tocantins, with the intention of understanding the current situation in which municipal basic education finds itself. The methodology used was bibliographic and documental research and descriptive analysis of external data. The indicators analyzed were: evolution of the quantity of educational units; enrollment; investment index; age/grade distortion index; illiteracy rate, school performance rate, approval rate, failure rate, dropout rate in Elementary School and the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB). The period of analysis covered the years 1991 to 2020. To this end, the main reasons for adopting measures focused on the constant quality of municipal education are presented. Thus, it is sought to contribute to the discussion of the practice of evaluating the results of the indicators in the scope of municipal public education, and thus propose actions that can enhance early childhood and elementary education, student development and subsequent improvements in internal and external results. This study revealed that the city of Palmas has achieved progress in the universalization of public education and positive results in Kindergarten and Elementary School, surpassing the achievement of the projected goals. Education is, besides an indispensable project for improving the quality of life and social rights, the basis for the social and economic development of a city and/or a region.