In Piracicaba, 66% of municipal schools do not have libraries; law provides for mandatory

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In 2010, the Federal Government determined a minimum collection of one book for each enrolled student. Municipal network, depending on the number of enrollments, should have 36,704 titles available to students, according to data from the School Census. Bookshelf at Sebo do Formiga, in Piracicaba Caroline Giantomaso/g1 The municipal education network in Piracicaba (SP) had 66% of schools without a library or reading room, according to the School Census released by the Ministry of Education (MEC). The data refers to the year 2023, the last analyzed by the national survey. By law, all schools in the country must have a library with a minimum collection of one title for each enrolled student and one librarian per school. The universalization of libraries was established by Law 12,244 in 2010. The text provided for a maximum period of ten years for the installation of collections in schools, however, according to the Chamber of Deputies, the deadline was postponed to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19. 📲Receive news from the Piracicaba region on WhatsApp According to the School Census, considering the number of enrollments in all municipal Basic Education, which is divided between Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and High School, the education network should have at least 36,704 books available to students in 2023 in Piracicaba. Check below the minimum collection for each educational level: 📖 Early Childhood Education: 18,276 books distributed in 92 schools in the municipal network 📖 Elementary Education: 17,878 books distributed in 48 schools in the municipal network for students in the initial years, which includes 1st to the 5th year 📖 Secondary Education: 185 books available in the only school in the Piracicaba municipal network In Piracicaba, there are no municipal schools focused on the final years of Elementary Education. The public network in this education range is made up exclusively of state institutions, where the percentage of schools with libraries or reading rooms is 74.6% — more than double the municipal coverage (34.1%), but still below of the target established by the Federal Government. Check out the complete data below. What does the city hall say? g1 asked Piracicaba City Hall for a position, which informed, in a note, that it had reading rooms in 46 of the 48 Elementary Schools in 2023, the last base year of data made available by the School Census. Furthermore, the municipal administration also reported that the municipal network had around 17 thousand students in Elementary Education and a collection of at least 50 thousand book titles intended for use in schools in this education range — this results in approximately three books available for each student. Books, bookstore, shelf, library, biennial, literature (illustrative image) Jessica Ruscello / Unsplash 📚 Plans for 2024 According to the Piracicaba Department of Education, the purchase of 21,348 copies of literature books is underway in 2024, resulting in an investment exceeding R$1 million. In addition to the books purchased, schools also receive titles from the National Book and Teaching Material Program, which provides didactic, pedagogical, literary works and other materials to support educational practice. The municipal administration also foresees at least two new reading rooms that will be installed in the Elementary School that will be built in the Nova Iguaçu neighborhood and in the Early Childhood Education and Elementary School in the Santana neighborhood. Finally, the Secretariat also informed that reading is encouraged from nursery school onward, through reading projects and also through the provision of children’s books for children to read in municipal Early Childhood Education schools. VIDEOS: Everything about Piracicaba and the region See more news from the region on g1 Piracicaba

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