THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPULSORY OF BASIC EDUCATION IN MOZAMBIQUE

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https://doi.org/10.34019/2447-5246.2024.v29.44616

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This text  analyzes the effectiveness of the extension of compulsory basic education in Mozambique. The reference is the ongoing education reform, viewed as a sign of the expansion of the right to education, with the promulgation of Law 18/2018 of 28th December 2018. From a methodological procedures, we punctuated the main focuses of the global and regional African agenda with regard to the right to education, starting with the examination of documents from the United Nations Organization, since 1948, including the Summit on the Education Transformation (2022) and the African regional agenda on the right to education. Then, in a second part, we examine the documents regarded to the formulation of the Right to Education in the country, analyzing the scope of global commitments, describing the process of recent education reform in Mozambique, highlighting the main innovations: the explanation of the concept of education basic the extension of its obligation to 09 classes. Based on this documentation, and on the results of some studies, the text argues that Mozambique's biggest challenge, as a country on the periphery of capitalism, dependent on external aid, is still guaranteeing the effective enjoyment of the right to education social majorities. In this challenge, the search for new financing mechanisms for investment in education is pertinent for the country to move away from cultural marginality. In addition to the actions that have been carried out by the Ministry of Education and various organizations in defense of the right to basic education, one of the education financing mechanisms would be the creation of a Basic Education Fund, whose primary source would be the various funds existing in the country and the consideration of taxation of natural resources. By doing so, the country can face the challenges arising from educational reform, guaranteeing, therefore, the human right to basic education in 9 classes: access, permanence, successful completion and effective learning

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Author Biography

Antonio Cipriano Parafino Gonçalves, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

António Cipriano Parafino Gonçalves, is Mozambican, born in Sofala Province.

He has a PhD and Master's degree in Education – Policies and Philosophy of Education – from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Specialist in Social Communication from Universidade São Francisco, São Paulo, Brazil and Degree in Philosophy from the Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, Belo Horizonte- Brazil. He was a professor of Ethics and Philosophy at Escola Superior Dom Hélder Câmara in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2005-2006), Lecturer at the Postgraduate course in School Management at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UAB (2008-2009) and Lecturer of Philosophy in the Intercultural Educator Training Degree Course at the Faculty of Education of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2008).

 From 2016 to 2022 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Education at Eduardo Mondlane University, where he works as Associate Professor. Teaches the subjects of Education Policies and Education for Citizenship in the Undergraduate course in Education Organization and Management; of Fundamentals of Education, Education Policies and Reforms in the Master's in Education course and Epistemological Problems of Research in Education in the Master's and Doctorate in Education course. He was Academic Vice-Rector of the Universidade São Tomás de Moçambique (USTM -2010-2016), where he still works as a professor of Philosophy of Education and Social Philosophy (Undergraduate), Fundamentals of Education and Ethics and Education (Masters in Education and Doctorate in Ethics ). He is a guest Professor of Education Policies and Epistemology and Education and Philosophy of Education applied to the Mozambican context in the Master's and Doctorate in Education and Doctorate in Philosophy courses, respectively, at the Pedagogical University of Maputo

 

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Published

2024-08-26

How to Cite

Gonçalves, A. C. . P. (2024). THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPULSORY OF BASIC EDUCATION IN MOZAMBIQUE. Educação Em Foco, 29(Dossiê Temático), e29030. https://doi.org/10.34019/2447-5246.2024.v29.44616

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Vol. 29 No. Dossiê Temático (2024): O direito à educação no contexto de conservadorismo e disputa de mercado

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Dossiê: O direito à educação no contexto de conservadorismo e disputa de mercado

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