Half of the country's teachers do not recommend their own profession

In Brazil, half of teachers would not recommend a youth to become an educator because they consider that the profession is undervalued, reveals research Teaching Profession, initiative of the All for Education and Itaú organization Social

. By Ibope Intelligence in partnership with the Social Knowledge Network, the majority (78%) of teachers said to have chosen career mainly for aspects related to affinity with the profession. However, 33% are totally dissatisfied with the educational activity and only 21% are totally satisfied.

During the research, 2,160 basic education professionals were interviewed in the municipal and state public networks and in the private network of the country. like training, work and career enhancement. According to data from the School Census of Basic Education (MEC / Inep), the sample shows the proportion of teachers in each network, level of education and country region.

Teachers say that there is a lack of continuity alignment of educational programs with the clbad – Arquivo / Agência Brasil

For the director of educational policies of the University of Todos pela Educação Olavo Nogueira Filho organization, the data are disturbing. It reinforced the need to rethink the appreciation of the career of Brazilian teachers. "We have long been aware of the challenge of teacher devaluation, the lack of prestige in the career, but I think the new data is reinforcing and, again, showing that we have a long way to go in the future. 39, Education,

Training

Teachers highlight the most important measures for career development, continuing education (69%) and teacher training for the formulation of educational policies (67%). the restoration of authority and respect for the teacher figure (64%) and the urgent salary increase (62%).

For director Nogueira Filho, the figures convey a relevant message to demystify common sense, raises the issue of wages as the main problem for the teaching profession in the country.

"The debate, in general, ion of wages. And, in fact, this point appears in the set of key measures that people understand as important to value the career, but it does not appear in research as a major factor. I think this raises an important question about the discussion of evaluation that must go beyond the issue of salary. "

The average remuneration of teachers in Brazil is currently R $ 4,451.56, according to the study.Most teachers (71%) have the occupation as the main household income and 29% say ] having another activity as a source of complementary income.

      

        

The data show that the lack of trust between the teacher and the state and the municipal departments of education is a challenge to be met – Marcello Casal jr / Agência Brasil

According to the research, an every teacher has a contract with a workload of less than 20 hours a week, which can have an impact on the income and the fulfillment of a one-third of the workload provided for in the Law on the Magisterium Prosecutor's Office for extracurricular activities. At least 58% of teachers report having spent outside the clbadroom. However, only about 30% of teachers have about a third of the workload for clbad planning.

Public Policies

Teachers heard by the research consider that the role of the secretariats of education is to provide training opportunities. (76%), but do not agree that educational programs as a whole correspond to the reality of school (66%). They point out the lack of a "good communication channel" between management and teachers (64%) and claim that teachers do not participate in public policy decisions (72%).

Lack of confidence

For the director of educational policies of the organization Todos pela Educação (Education for all) Nogueira Filho, the data show that the lack of trust between the teacher and the secretariats State and municipal education is another challenge to be met. "A significant portion of teachers say that they do not believe that the secretariat has adopted policies that adhere to their school and, more than that, show their disbelief about the secretary's commitment to the school." student learning. "

Last February, the federal government announced the contribution of R $ 1 billion to the national teacher training policy, with the goal of funding 190,000 spaces in three different training initiatives. Teachers: The Institutional Program for Teaching Fellowships (Pibid), the Pedagogical Residence Program and the Open University of Brazil (UAB).

"These policies point in the right direction and goodwill, but given the magnitude of the challenge, it is reasonable to say that they are insufficient to reverse the scenario that research brings with respect to the evaluation of the profession, the career structures and the quality of training, both "

The director stressed the need for a structural change in the initial training of teachers. In their view, the federal government can have an important role to play in creating career structuring parameters that can be monitored by the education secretariats

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