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Brazilian professional education will recognize and integrate into its policies and programs the knowledge and ways of life of indigenous peoples and quilombola communities. The change is foreseen in the Bill (PL), approved by the Education Commission (CE) in a final decision this Tuesday (14).
The text, authored by senator Mecias de Jesus (Republicanos-RR) and reported by senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS), definitively incorporates the substitute (alternative text) approved by the Human Rights Commission (CDH), without new changes. The project goes to the Chamber of Deputies for analysis.
The proposal changes the and , which deals with the national policy on professional and technological education, to expressly include the demands and traditional knowledge of these populations.
The objective is to make technical education more inclusive, plural and connected to local realities, reducing inequalities and strengthening the role of education as an instrument of citizenship and social justice.
-- The project recognizes that indigenous and quilombola knowledge are structured and functional systems, which contribute to sustainable development and quality professional training -- highlighted Paulo Paim to .
Diversity and inclusion in technical education
The new wording approved by the EC provides that professional and technological education must consider the social context, knowledge and needs of indigenous and quilombola communities.
The recognition of this knowledge -- historically marginalized -- seeks to value practices and experiences in areas such as sustainable agriculture, environmental management, traditional medicine, crafts and social technologies, strengthening identities and economic opportunities, says the text.
For Paim, the initiative corrects a historical gap in educational legislation and guarantees visibility to groups traditionally excluded from formal technical education systems.
-- The proposal expands the scope of professional education policy, bringing it closer to Brazils regional and cultural realities and opening paths for social advancement for the most vulnerable populations -- stated the rapporteur.
International commitments
The project is aligned with Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which ensures training programs adapted to the specific needs of these people, and the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (UN), which defends inclusive, equitable and quality education.
The standard does not impose the creation of specific courses, but guides institutions to consider traditional knowledge whenever relevant, with respect for pedagogical autonomy and encouraging intercultural dialogue in technical training.
During processing, the CDH substitute suppressed the expression original peoples, maintaining the direct reference to indigenous and quilombola peoples, which, according to the rapporteur, guarantees greater technical precision without changing the scope of the proposal.
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