Education as a fundamental right and public policies for teacher training in the context of diversity and neoliberalism

Abstract

This article reflects on issues that mark some of the contradictions of capitalism in Brazilian School Education. As a result of this there is a  dualism with regard to the provision of school education. We have two school models, one focused on the social acceptance of the lower social classes and that does not effectively enable a comprehensive training of the subjects, and another based on knowledge, aimed at serving the wealthier social classes. By means of a literature review, the discussions presented here are about the official discourses of State. These discourses defend education as a fundamental right and public educational policies, with specific focus on the training of teachers for diversity. These policies are directed by interests that permeate the neoliberal logic, under the command of international organizations such as the IMF - International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which exert pressure on emerging countries in order to promote a school education that meets the interests of the capitalist system. In other words, in practice, there is a counterposition to the official discourse, where restrictions are created for the effectiveness of an education for diversity, contributing to the maintenance of the status quo.