The right to education in Brazil and meritocracy as one of the impediments to its guarantee
The right to education in Brazil and meritocracy as one of the impediments to its guarantee
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2025.1007Keywords:
Right to education, Meritocracy, Social inequalityAbstract
This article aims to analyze the alternatives and challenges involved in realizing the right to education, critically examining the barriers imposed by a socially unequal context, with a particular focus on meritocracy. It proposes that education, as a right, should be examined through three dimensions: as a formally recognized right, as a proclaimed right, and as a right effectively experienced. By acknowledging the predominance of meritocratic ideology in current educational policies, the text concludes that we are undergoing a shift from a democratic pedagogy — never fully achieved — to one characterized by meritocracy and exclusion. Within the framework of education as a right in practice, meritocracy is identified as one of the primary obstacles, capable of generating new forms of inequality and significantly undermining both democracy and democratic pedagogy in the educational sphere.
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