A gestão democrática nos planos municipais de educação: compromissos e realizações dos municípios na região norte do Tocantins

Abstract

The article deals with democratic management in the educational field. The objective is to analyze the democratic management in the Municipal Education Plans (SMEs) of the northern Tocantins region, considering the coherence with the national and state education plans, as well as their specificities and prospects for achievement. The work was carried out by means of an exploratory documentary research, as well as by bibliographic review. SMEs and their respective monitoring reports were the main basis for data collection. It was found that the democratic management of education, although present in the principles, goals and strategies of all the analyzed municipal plans, in essence it has not yet become reality. The commitments made in the planning indicate a general adherence to the national plan, largely without connection with the local reality. The end result is that the managers of the teaching units still mostly continue to be defined by the head of the executive branch.