A escolarização da população negra no município de Santos: um estudo por meio dos indicadores educacionais do Instituto Nacional de Estudos Pedagógicos – MEC/INEP

Abstract

This study aimed to carry out a comparative study of schooling conditions and school performance between black and white students in the city of Santos and the state of São Paulo in Brazil, through educational indicators of the School Census published by the National Research Institute Education - INEP, in the year 2014. The choice of municipality was due the close relationship shown by studies and surveys between blackness, poverty and social and educational inequality. To the extent that the municipality is located at the 6th Brazilian position in terms of quality of life (including one of the key indicators is the quality of education) and has low black proportional index, the guiding hypothesis was that this would enable supply most qualified educational processes. To collecting and analyzing data in relation to schooling conditions were used School Census data relating to global enrollment by type of school (public x private) and education level. The main finding was: the economic strength of the city, the high level of quality of life and the low incidence of blacks people in Santos did not result in greater educational opportunities for the black population that occurred in the state and in the country