📋 Tender Overview
According to the 2024 School Census, in municipal schools, the qualified selection process and the appointment of directors based on technical criteria increased by 69.2% between 2023 and 2024. The proportion of this form of entry in office was 16.3% to 27.3% in this period. The Ministry of Education (MEC) and the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anisio Teixeira (Inep) contextualized the results of the first stage of statistical research last Wednesday, April 9.
The selection of directors with technical criteria is part of the conditionalities of management improvement for the distribution of the student year result (VAAR), provided for in the Law of the Fund for Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and the Valorization of Education Professionals (FUNDEB). Vaar is a supplement from Fundeb that the federal government transfers to education networks that improve management and reduce educational inequalities. According to Ineps Director of Educational Statistics (Deed), Carlos Eduardo Moreno Sampaio, Vaars policy is changing the form of access to the position of director in Brazilian schools. It is a very positive movement, influenced by the Fundeb Law, which provides for this type of entry into the condition of the director, he said. Obviously, this leadership in school is essential to conduct inclusion and improvement policies in Brazilian education, added Moreno. In the state network, there was also advancement in this type of selection process - from 11.9% to 15.2% between 2023 and 2024. The census also showed that access to the position of director exclusively by indication or choice of municipal management lost space - the reduction was from 54.6% to 39.6% in the same period. In the states, this type of access had a reduction from 20.5% to 18.9%. The specific public tender for the position of school manager had an increase in proportion in the municipalities, from 7.3% to 8.0%. In the states there was a small reduction, from 8.5% to 8.1%. The qualified selection process reconciled to the election and participation of the school community was 5.9% to 9.0% in the municipalities. In state networks, the proportion increased from 26.0% to 26.4%, which placed this type of selection as the most used by states in 2024. Regarding the access exclusively by election with the participation of the school community, the municipalities went from 13.4% to 13.9%. The states reduced from 28.0% to 26.1%, in the use of this form of access to management positions between 2023 and 2024.
In 2024, 163,987 directors in basic education were accounted for.
Those who hold the position of direction, for the most part, have higher education (91.5%) and are a woman (80.6%).
School Census - Main Statistical Research of Basic Education, the School Census is coordinated by Inep and carried out, under collaboration, among the state and municipal education secretariats, with the participation of all public and private schools in the country. The statistical survey covers the different stages and modalities of basic education: regular education, special education, youth and adult education (EJA) and vocational education. Enrollment statistics serve as the basis for the transfer of federal government resources and the planning and dissemination of the evaluations made by Inep. The census is also a fundamental tool for educational actors to understand the educational situation of Brazil, federative units and municipalities, as well as schools, allowing them to accompany the effectiveness of educational public policies. This understanding is provided through a broad set of indicators that make it possible to monitor the development of Brazilian education. The Basic Education Development Index (IDEB), performance and school flow rates and age-series distortion are calculated based on the school census. Part of the indicators also serves as a reference for monitoring and compliance with the goals of the National Education Plan.
