State Education Plan of Paraná: the dismantling of federative coordination and the fragility of the socio-state interface

Abstract

This study aims to identify the characteristics of the socio-state interface established in the methodology of elaboration, monitoring, and evaluation of the State Education Plan of Paraná (PEE-PR). The focus is to indicate how the processes are carried out, especially considering the social participation required in the guidelines established by the National Education Plan (PNE). The methodology used is a qualitative approach based on documental research and developed through a data survey on the websites of the PNE of the Paraná State Department of Education (Seed-PR), of the Paraná State Board of Education (CEE/PR), the Education State Forum (FEE-PR), and the Paraná Institute for Economic and Social Development (IPARDES). The results point to the central role the Union has in coordinating actions related to the PEE-PR, especially with regard to the socio-state interface as a fundamental principle for the construction of public policies. The post-2016 political scenario, marked by the contraction of this movement by the federal government, has weakened the collective construction of the monitoring and evaluation stages of the ten-year education plans in local federative entities, especially in the state of Paraná. Thus, the collective construction is vulnerable to the most varied political interests manifested in the local federative entities, which compromises any prospect of consolidating a national education system, the primary objective of the PNE (2014-2024).