A democratização do ensino superior: considerações acerca do direito constitucional à educação

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to analyse the democratization of higher education in Brazil, particularly approaching the constitutional right to education and starting from the following question: “Would democratization in higher education be possible without the current educational legislation?” In this regard, this research sought to discuss education as a basic constitutional right, considering it in relation to social rights, in which public policies oriented to higher education access in Brazil, namely, Enem, Fies, Prouni and affirmative actions, were identified with the aim of discussing their effectiveness. Although our study indicates that such democratization would not be possible without the current educational legislation, it is still not enough. Greater investment in basic education is needed in order to achieve a balance and to facilitate the broad access to higher education in a way that all social classes can have access to their basic right to education