Abstract

CHIOZZINI, Daniel Ferraz  and  ANDRADE, Nadia Arabadgi de. BEYOND THE ADMISSION EXAMS: OBSTACLES TO SECONDARY EDUCATION ACCESS IN SÃO PAULO. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.59, pp.95-109.  Epub July 19, 2021. ISSN 2358-0194.  https://doi.org/10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.2020.v29.n59.p95-109.

The elitist character of secondary education, historically marked by the limited access that a small amount of the population has to, is undoubtedly associated with the restriction caused by the admission examination, which selected only school-leavers from primary school with the best performance. In the case of São Paulo State, we can also see a slow process of expansion initiated in 1930 and associated with the building of new schools. This article looks into how the state population, simultaneously with this process, mobilized to demand the right to secondary school and to the response given by the then authorities. It was analysed the remaining documentation of the State Department of Education issued between 1930 and 1942, such as mailing, applications and petitions. It can be concluded that the population was subjected to following a path that involved different bureaucratic powers and, often, their requirements came to a halt at autocratic decisions by the State Department of Education. The expansion process in its turn was not only insufficient to meet the demand, but it was also subsidised by the charge of taxes that kept the most economically vulnerable population out of school.

Keywords : Expansion; Secondary Education; São Paulo.

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