School management in the enrollment extensions of the state Education system of Ceará

Abstract

The article analyzes the repercussion of the school director's actions in the management of high school enrollment extension classes in the state education network of Ceará in five municipalities and 21 districts in different regions of the state. It is a qualitative research of an exploratory nature is used, based on a multiple case study. The sources consist of official documents, socioeconomic indicators, educational data and information collected during the field research, based on the script for observing the infrastructure and functioning of schools and semi-structured interviews with representatives of the management of the State Department of Education, principals, coordinators schoolchildren, teachers, students and parents/guardians. The findings show that young people living in rural locations have the right to education guaranteed by the role of principals, who incorporate these extensions into their school and provoke regional and central bodies to act to help implement this offer. The state has shown a low capacity to respond to an old demand, which leads to two findings: the invisibility of an offer that represents about 17% of public high school enrollments and the creation of a space for "personal negotiation” in which the leadership of some directors ensures better conditions of service, compromising the republican principle of equal opportunities for all.