Implementação de políticas educacionais emergenciais e capacidades administrativas das secretarias municipais de cidades selecionadas dos estados de Mato Grosso e Paraná durante o período de pandemia ; Implementation of emergency educational policies and administrative capacities of the municipal secretaries of selected cities in the states of Mato Grosso and Paraná during the pandemic period

Acompanha: Capacidades administrativas de secretarias municipais de educação dos estados de Mato Grosso e Paraná ; Since the year 2020 we have been living with the covid-19 pandemic, which has affected economic and social conditions in the world and, consequently, various policies have been adopted. The main economic conditions were the supply and demand shock, partial and/or total paralysis of the production system for certain periods of time, unemployment, among others; while the most serious social conditions were the access to health and education, especially in developing and underdeveloped countries. The educational system in Brazil is shared among the federated entities according to the level of education: higher and secondary education (federal and state governments), primary education (municipal government). The responses given by the Municipal Education Departments (SMEs) were diverse. In particular, elementary education showed a number of disparities in the strategies adopted by the SMEs in coping during the pandemic period. Emergency educational policies were adopted during the suspension of classes to provide equity of access to education. Social inequality was evidenced during this period, middle class students had technological and family support to continue their studies, while students from more restricted income social classes did not have the same opportunities. The objective of this research was to analyze the administrative capacities adopted by the SMEs of selected cities in the states of Mato Grosso and Paraná to implement emergency educational policies during the pandemic period. The discussion about the administrative capacities of: delivery, coordination, regulatory, and analytical is based on Lodge and Wegrich (2014). Methodologically, the research has a qualitative approach, with an applied nature, descriptive and analytical character. Bibliographic and documentary procedures were used, and as instruments of empirical data collection: request for access to information to SMEs and ...