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School education in Brazil: the public and private spheres

  • Carlos Roberto Jamil Cury
  • Carlos Roberto Jamil Cury

    1 Professor emérito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG). Doutor em Educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).



Abstract

This article intends to address a few important issues for comprehending the public/private relation in education and teaching. To do so, the current law was investigated and this relation assessed. This revealed an understanding of education as a public service, which would, thus, explain the authorization required from private schools. The article also provides a comparison with similar notions in the area of health.

Keywords

public education and private education,
education as seen by law,
education as a public service

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