The Financing of the Early Childhood Education Agreement Policy in the Federal District: The Early Childhood Education Centers (ECECs)
Financing of early childhood education; Policy of agreements in early childhood education; Public-private partnerships in early childhood education; Early Childhood Education Centers (ECECs)
The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze the financing of the Federal District’s policy of agréments with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for the provision of early childhood education in Early Childhood Education Centers (ECECs). Currently, the FD provides part of its kindergarten and preschool supply through agreements with CSOs through its own buildings or through the cession of management of the ECECs, which are institutions built through the federal public policy Proinfância (National Program of Restructuring and Acquisition of Equipment for the Public School Network of Early Childhood Education). It proposes as specific objectives: a) to examine the national educational legislation referring to the financing of the early childhood education stage; b) to analyze the relations established between the public power and the private sector in the financing of early childhood education; c) how the district public funding for the private instituitions that managed the ECECs in the FD between 2017 and february of 2023. This is a quali-quantitative research, whose methodological procedures were documental and bibliographical analysis, in additions to the analysis of data on the financing of ECECs between 2017 and 2022. As results, it was observed irregularities were identified in the execution of the partnership, in compliance with the terms of collaboration and with regard to the control of vacancies. As for financing, the option for agreements proved to be an educational offer at reduced costs, since the amounts per child are outdated and there is professional devaluation through reduced wages and the absence of career plants, characterized by outsourcing of core activity.