Ações desenvolvidas pela secretaria de educação de Sumé-PB para o melhoramento dos índices de educação no município.

Abstract

Education is currently the main mechanism for access to social, economic and cultural development of a country, and for this development to happen, it is essential that the public education offered is of good quality. From this understanding this research sought answers to the following problem: what are the actions developed by the education department of Sumé - PB, for the improvement of the education indexes in the city, among them the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB)? This work has as general objective to understand the actions that are being developed by the secretary of education of the city of Sumé - PB to reach better levels of education. From this perspective, the following specific objectives were outlined: map the educational policies focused on basic education in the city of Sumé - PB; identify actions that are being taken to promote the development and expansion of basic education in the city of Sumé - PB; to know and characterize obstacles and challenges faced by municipal management in the application of public education policies. Methodologically, this research is classified as descriptive, exploratory of qualitative nature, supported by a bibliographical and documentary analysis. To promote good quality education, it is essential to develop strategic actions focusing on the teaching-learning process. According to data obtained in the survey, the education department of Sumé, besides investing in teacher qualification, has also provided improvements in infrastructure and technological resources and pedagogical tools aiming at improvements in educational quality and increase in the municipality's IDEB, but still faces challenges related to family context that are being worked on so that they do not undermine the teaching-learning process.