What Explains the Infrastructure Inequality of the EMEIs in Belo Horizonte?

Abstract

The article analyzes whether there is an association between inequality in the infrastructure of municipal schools (EMEIs) in Belo Horizonte regarding i) location, ii) the type of management and iii) the correction to information provided to the School Census 2019. We also compared the data from the School Census with economic indicators and on-site visits. We found that the territorial distribution of EMEIs and the type of administration affect the degree of school infrastructure adequacy. However, these variables showed few explanatory powers to the inequalities seen in the School Census. On the other hand, we identified discrepancies between the data filled out by the educational units and the information verified in local visits.