Gestão educacional no Piauí: análise sobre a formação de gestores e as parcerias público privadas

Abstract

This paper analyzes educational management in the state of Piauí, focusing on the training of school managers and the influence of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the context of public education. The research, with a qualitative approach, is characterized as exploratory and documentary, with bibliographic survey and analysis of official documents, legislation, institutional reports and materials made available by the Education Channel of the State Department of Education of Piauí (SEDUC-PI). Based on authors such as Adrião (2018), Paro (2007), Contreras (2002) and Freire (1996), the study problematizes the adoption of business and managerialist management models imposed by private foundations, such as Instituto Unibanco, Fundação Lemann and Instituto Natura, in the training processes of school managers. The results indicate that the training of managers through technological mediation, mediated by these partnerships, prioritizes a logic focused on results, goals and performance, to the detriment of democratic, participatory management focused on local specificities. It was also observed the fragility in the transparency of the public resources used and a tendency to empty the role of the State in the conduct of educational policies. The analysis concludes that this training model compromises the autonomy of school management, weakens the constitutional principles of public education and increases the dependence of public networks on private interests. Thus, the urgent need to resume the role of the State in the training of managers is defended, based on democratic, inclusive principles and committed to the social quality of education.