Impacto dos recursos do FUNDEB na qualidade do ensino básico municipal do Estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of financial resources allocated to FUNDEB on the quality of public education in the municipalities of Paraíba. 223 municipalities were analyzed in the periods of 2011, 2013 and 2015. The years 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017 were discarded because they did not bring enough information for the variables used. In the treatment of the data, the multiple linear regression quantitative method was used. The dependent variable is the Basic Education Development Index - IDEB, which in this study considers the quality of teaching, as it gathers, in a single indicator, the results of two concepts equally important for the quality of education: the school flow and the performance averages in assessments, calculated from data on school approval, obtained from the School Census, and performance averages in Inep assessments. Variables independent of the model are: a) teachers with higher education; and b) school infrastructure (library, computer lab and sports court) and c) the amount invested per student, for this it will be necessary to calculate the FUNDEB / Matriculares ratio, in order to find the minimum amount spent per student, the result of this calculation generates the variable (FUNDEB per student). The regression results show that the Fund for Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and Valorization of Education Professionals - FUNDEB and the school infrastructure alone do not have a relevant impact on the quality of education. Thus, it is not possible to state that the availability of resources guarantees quality education. However, trained teachers showed to have a greater impact in relation to the other variables studied.