DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION IN BRAZIL AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY
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https://doi.org/10.56238/levv16n55-081Keywords:
Educational Inequalities, Public and Private Education, Social Mobility, Commodification of EducationAbstract
Education constitutes a fundamental right and instrument of social mobility, but in Brazil the structural duality between public and private systems produces profoundly unequal educational trajectories. The segmentation of the educational system, deepened by processes of commodification and financialization, perpetuates intergenerational cycles of inequality that limit possibilities of social ascension for students from popular classes. This study analyzes the differences between public and private education in Brazil and their implications for social mobility, investigating how these differences reproduce or transform social inequalities. The research is characterized as a qualitative study of exploratory and descriptive nature, based on systematic bibliographic review of literature on educational inequalities, public policies and social mobility. The results reveal three main dimensions of differentiation: infrastructure and material resources, qualification and working conditions of teachers, and pedagogical and curricular orientations. The analysis demonstrates that these differences result from deliberate political choices that prioritize commodification over public investment in quality. The study concludes that effective democratization of education requires profound transformation through massive investment in quality public education, teacher valorization and resistance to commodification processes.
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