“Questão Social”, pobreza e direito à educação : um estudo acerca do acesso e trajetória escolar dos estudantes de ensino fundamental beneficiários do programa Bolsa Família e do BPC na Escola Municipal João Francisco de Andrade

Abstract

This study aims to assess access to quality education by students who benefit from social income transfer programs. The general objective was to analyze access to quality education by elementary school students who benefit from the Bolsa Família and BPC programs at the João Francisco de Andrade Municipal School in São Cristóvão/SE, between 2012 and 2022. The specific objectives were: 1) To contextualize the ideological and political debate on the relationship between Brazilian educational policy and poverty based on the conditionalities of the BPC and Bolsa Família programs; 2) To outline the profile of elementary school students who benefit from the Bolsa Família and BPC programs at the João Francisco de Andrade Municipal School; 3) To identify the academic performance of elementary school students who benefit from the Bolsa Família and BPC programs at the João Francisco de Andrade Municipal School; and 4) to analyze the teaching conditions offered by public education at the João Francisco de Andrade Municipal School. The exploratory research is based on the dialectical historical materialism method and used data collection through empirical research, documentary research and bibliographic review in digital libraries, such as SciELO, and Google Scholar, in addition to theses and dissertations available in repositories such as BDTD, among others. The results indicate that, although the number of vacancies is sufficient as recommended by the right to education, the quality of education offered to students from peripheral areas is still not met, since it requires more appropriate strategies for articulating public policies, such as urban and housing policy, as well as school management and teacher appreciation practices that take into account the context of peripheral schools.