Política estadual de descentralização financeira a Centros de Educação de Jovens e Adultos no Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The article, which is part of a doctoral thesis that investigated participation and social control in the financial management of Youth and Adult Education Centers (CEJA, in Portuguese), as it is an integral part of the public policy of financing education in the country, presents reflections on the state policy of financial decentralization to CEJA. The original research, a case study carried out in five CEJA in the state of Rio de Janeiro, aimed to understand how social control is exercised, and whether this exercise and the participation it requires contribute to the quality of public school management. A documentary survey and systematic observation of these spaces were carried out and, through questionnaires, the conceptions of students, teachers and employees were captured; in addition, managers were also interviewed, seeking to know how, why and for what purpose social control over decentralized financial resources to CEJA is exercised and participated in. Evidence found in the content and in some of the practices observed in the empirical field supports the validity of the hypothesis formulated, broadening the understanding of the theoretical framework adopted, not without realizing the limits that reality imposes on this exercise, which compromises the effectiveness of the practices, specifically with regard to financial management, which remains the challenge to be faced.