A meta nove do PNE nos planos municipais de educação: demanda e oferta da EJA - alfabetização em municípios do norte do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Youth and Adult Education (EJA) is a fundamental right guaranteed by Brazilian legislation to citizens who did not have access to schooling at the appropriate age. This study analyzes the relationship between the demand and the provision of EJA-Literacy, with emphasis on Goal Nine of the National Education Plan (PNE 2014–2025). The general objective is to analyze, based on Goal Nine of the PNE, the gap between the demand and the provision of literacy in EJA in the municipalities of Aratiba, Barão de Cotegipe, and Getúlio Vargas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, considering the Municipal Education Plans (PMEs) and school documents related to this educational modality. Methodologically, this is a qualitative, bibliographic, and documentary study that incorporates a relevant secondary quantitative dimension, based on data from IBGE (2022) and records from the School Census/Inep. Data collection included PMEs, Political-Pedagogical Projects (PPPs), and official websites, with the corpus examined through thematic content analysis. The results reveal a clear gap between documented intentions and the implementation of local policies. In Aratiba, sufficient public documentary evidence was not found regarding public calls and effective active search actions aimed at the adult population; in Barão de Cotegipe, the referral of services to neighboring municipalities was identified, which creates obstacles to school access; and in Getúlio Vargas, although the modality has a consolidated structure within the school network and its own commission, the specific documentary provision for initial literacy still lacks detail. It is concluded that, despite the formal alignment of the plans with national guidelines, there is fragility in the materialization of regional strategies, marked by omissions that hinder the full guarantee of the right to lifelong education.