In reaction to Lula, 19 states decided to maintain civic-military schools

After the determination of the Lula government to close the Civic-Military Schools Program (Pecim) created in the government of Jair Bolsonaro, most states reacted to the decision with measures that, in practice, contradict the decision. In all, 19 governors have already said they will state the civic-military schools to keep the model running.

In addition to the change in school management announced by the governors, the MEC measure does not affect several other schools of the same model that are already part of state programs.

The Northeast is the only region where the program will not advance under the administration of the states, almost all governed by declared allies of the PT regime.

According to a report by the MEC, published in December last year, on Pecim, the program helped to reduce school dropouts, reduced the number of violence in the school environment and increased student approval.

Check out how the decision was for each state by region:

Southeast

The governments of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have already announced that they will maintain civic-military schools.

Altogether, Espírito Santo has ten units; Rio de Janeiro has 16 schools, the same number as Minas Gerais and São Paulo.

“I was a student at Colégio Militar and I know the importance of quality education and how the school needs to convey correct values ​​to our young people. The government of São Paulo will edit a decree to regulate its own program of civic-military schools and expand teaching units with this format throughout the state”, said the governor, Tarcísio de Freitas, in a publication on Twitter.

North

In the northern region, the states of Rondônia, Roraima, Acre, Amazonas, Pará and Tocantins have already expressed their support for the continuity of the model. Only the government of Amapá said that it is still defining strategies on school administration. The state has almost five thousand students enrolled in four civic-military schools.

Through social media, the governor of Rondônia, Colonel Marcos Rocha (União Brasil), reaffirmed his commitment to the model and reassured parents about the continuity of the schools.

“In our state we will unshakably maintain our civic-military schools. In Rondônia, education is a priority”, said Rocha when publishing the statement on Instagram.

Roraima will maintain the 33 schools that are already part of a state program. According to the state Department of Education, only one school created in Pecim will have its activities closed by the end of the year, as determined by the resolution of the Ministry of Education.

Of the total, 21 schools are located in the state capital, Boa Vista, and another 13 are located inland. The number of civic-military schools in the state doubled last year. The model was adopted in the management of former governor Suely Campos, in 2016, and expanded in the management of governor Antonio Denarium (PP).

North East

The states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia did not adhere to the federal government program, but gave autonomy to the municipalities to decide. The governors of Maranhão and Sergipe signaled the continuation of the model.

In Ceará, a state governed twice by the current Minister of Education, Camilo Santana (PT), the municipalities of Maracanaú and Juazeiro do Norte have four schools in which they will keep the program active. A school in Mombasa should be extinguished, following the determination of the MEC. In addition, the state has five other units of military schools that are not part of Pecim and, therefore, should not be affected by the Lula government’s decision.

In Rio Grande do Norte, three schools in Natal, one in Parnamirim and one in Pau dos Ferros should be affected. With the exception of the city hall of Pau dos Ferros, which said it had not fully implemented the program due to lack of resources, the other city halls have not yet informed which strategy they will adopt.

The same happens in Piauí, where the municipalities of Parnaíba, Picos and União decided to maintain the model in schools with their own resources.

In Paraíba, six schools must be reached. The prefectures of João Pessoa, Bayeux and Patos have not yet announced whether they will continue to operate the schools. The mayors of Cabedelo and Santa Rita have expressed their support for the continuity of the program.

In Pernambuco, the mayor of the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Mano Medeiros (PL), said that the model will continue to operate in the two schools that were part of Pecim. The mayor of Arcoverde, Wellington Maciel, has yet to comment on the continuity of the program in the municipality.

Three schools in Alagoas still do not have a definition. At least one school in Bahia, in Feira de Santana, must maintain the model.

In Maranhão, the MEC measure impacts three schools that were maintained by the federal government. According to the governor, Carlos Brandão (PSB), the model should be maintained, but the source of funds for maintaining the schools has not yet been disclosed. In addition to the three Pecim units, the state has another 51 military colleges, 31 from the Fire Department and 20 from the Military Police.

Midwest

The governments of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal District also decided to continue with the program.

In Goiás, only the Municipal Center for Elementary Education (CMEF) Professor José Nogueira de Moraes, in Aragarças, follows the federal standard. In all, the state has 16 schools that work with shared management with the military.

“We have already taken care of transforming these civic-military schools into military schools in our state. This process has already been decided by us, because we know the efficiency of schools. So, nothing changes, everything is resolved. Goiás takes the lead”, said the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil).

The government of Mato Grosso issued a note clarifying that the only unit served by the federal government in the state will continue to function, as an example of another 26 military schools that are not part of Pecim.

Mato Grosso do Sul has 8 educational institutions served by Pecim that should continue to operate under state administration.

The governor of the Federal District (DF), Ibaneis Rocha (MDB), also confirmed that the civic-military school program will continue. In the DF, there are 12 units that share the management of the Department of Education with the SSP.

South

All states in the southern region announced the continuation of the program.

Through social networks, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB), said that “it will keep the program civic-military schools”.

When justifying the maintenance of the program in the state, the governor of Paraná, Ratinho Junior (PSD), pointed out superior results of students from civic-military schools. The data presented are part of a survey by the state government itself on performance in the Basic Education Development Index (Ideb).

According to the government of Paraná, “in addition to the 12 schools under the responsibility of the Armed Forces, the state network also has 194 civic-military schools”.

In the same line, the government of Santa Catarina announced the maintenance of the program with its own resources. Currently, the state has nine schools linked to Pecim.

“We are aware of the desire of Santa Catarina families and students to continue with this model due to the quality of education combined with discipline. Therefore, we are going to continue with our schools in this model and we are studying several improvements”, said Governor Jorginho Mello (PL).