📋 Tender Overview
In response to the demand of federated entities, according to , the deadline for joining the Art and Culture Action in Full-Time Schools was extended to October 24th. The joint initiative of the Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Ministry of Culture (MinC) seeks to integrate artistic and cultural practices into the daily life of full-time public schools across the country. The action is part of and aims to promote access to art and culture as fundamental dimensions for the integral development of students.
Adhesion must be formalized by the federated entities through which work plans and other required documents must be filed. After the deadline, the proposals will undergo technical analysis by the MEC and MinC, which will select the projects that will receive the expected support.
State departments of education and culture, similar public bodies and partner institutions, such as universities and civil society organizations that work in the area of culture, may participate in the action. Federated entities that join must present work plans with proposals for artistic and cultural actions to be implemented in schools, including schedules, budgets and local partnerships. The approved initiatives will receive technical and financial support from the Union, through voluntary transfer, as provided for in the action establishing it.
Priority will be given to schools located in territories with greater socioeconomic and cultural vulnerability, ensuring that federal investment reaches communities historically with less access to cultural goods and practices. In addition to expanding students cultural repertoire, the action seeks to strengthen local and regional identities, contribute to school retention and encourage the development of creative and expressive skills.
The Art and Culture Action proposes the valorization of Brazilian cultural diversity, with emphasis on Afro-Brazilian, indigenous and African expressions, as well as regional manifestations and local knowledge. The initiative aims to encourage cultural circulation, production and dissemination in schools, strengthening the role of educational institutions as spaces for coexistence, creation and artistic experimentation.
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Context - In 2024, the MEC and the MinC signed a technical cooperation agreement (ACT) to promote joint actions. The document implements cultural and educational policies, including cultural actions in full-time schools and public universities. Among them are the insertion of traditional knowledge of cultural masters, the strengthening of the network of cultural equipment, the creation and implementation of cultural plans in federal universities, in addition to the circulation, production and dissemination of Brazilian cultural and artistic diversity in the public basic education network.
Impact - According to data from the School Census, the Full-Time School Program had 965 thousand declared full-time enrollments for basic education in the 2023-2024 cycle. In the second cycle of the program (2024-2025), the networks declared 880 thousand enrollments. The measure should directly impact the students who occupy these vacancies, by expanding access to artistic-cultural activities in schools and contributing to a more complete education, integrating knowledge, values and expressions of Brazilian cultural diversity.
Full-time - Launched in July 2023, the program aims to encourage enrollments with working hours equal to or greater than seven hours a day or 35 hours a week in all stages and types of basic education. The policy prioritizes schools that serve students in situations of greater socioeconomic vulnerability and offers technical and financial assistance, with pedagogical proposals aligned with the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC). The program is managed by the Basic Education Secretariat (SEB) of the MEC and financially executed by the National Education Development Fund (FNDE). Adhesion is voluntary and carried out through the Integrated Monitoring, Execution and Control System (Simec).
MEC Social Communication Advisory, with information from SEB
