INITIAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OF BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS: A REFLECTION ON EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIESIN BRAZIL

Abstract

The present work presents a qualitative research, entitled "Initial and continuing training of Basic Education teachers: a reflection on educational inequalities in Brazil". The objective was to identify the level of training of Basic Education teachers in Brazil. And the following problem was investigated: Is initial and continuing education accessible to all Basic Education teachers in full exercise in Brazil? As for the methodology, the study used documentary research, through the search for documents referring to the Census of Basic Education in Brazil on the website of the Ministry of Education -MEC and the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira- INEP, released in the years 2020 and 2023. And 02 documents containing the technical summary of the Basic Education Census, related to the years 2020 and 2023, were found. After analysis, comparing the 2020 Census with that of 2023, the results showed that there was a small growth in the level of teacher training in Brazil, although it is not clear by what means these trainings were acquired, whether by public or private institution, so educational inequalities and exclusion regarding the initial and continuing training of basic education teachers in Brazil become almost imperceptible.