Data show a drop of 33% in federal government investment for building daycare centers and preschools and improving the infrastructure of the early childhood education network. Based on the National Education Development Fund (FNDE) and the Ministry of Education (MEC).
In 2019, R$ 307.8 million were transferred to city halls across the country, which represents a decrease of 33% when compared to the R$ 457.9 million transferred by the MEC body to Brazilian municipalities in 2018.
Brazil has 1,085 kindergartens and preschools at a standstill and the lowest transfer of funds since 2009. In other words, the federal government's investment is the lowest in the last 10 years.
When contacted, the MEC and the FNDE did not comment on the matter.
The numbers represent a significant drop in transfers from Proinfância, the National Program for Restructuring and Acquisition of Equipment for the Public School Network of Early Childhood Education, from 2015 until now.
Olavo Nogueira Filho, director of Educational Policies at Todos Pela Educação, also points out:
“The sooner this investment is made, the better the return in the coming years and in the future life of children and young people. That is why it is such an important and central investment and this issue needs to be at the top of the country's government agenda”.
stopped works
According to the latest update from Simec, a database maintained by the FNDE, 830 works across the country made with FNDE transfers are paralyzed.
19 in the state of SP, 4 of them in Guarulhos. Once contacted, the city hall in the metropolitan region of São Paulo said it was in the interim of a bidding process for the conclusion of the works.
One of the goals of goal 1 of the National Education Plan (PNE) is for the country to serve 50% of children aged 3 years and 11 months in daycare by 2024.
In 2018, the most up-to-date data from Todos Pela Educação, 35.7% of children under 3 years and 11 months old attended daycare.
