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Temer Planning to Introduce System of Bonuses for Teachers

04/28/2016 - 10h06

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DANIELA LIMA
VALDO CRUZ
FROM BRASÍLIA

A document commissioned by Vice-President Michel Temer on social policy in the event he takes over from President Dilma Rousseff suggests profound changes to the Brazilian education system, including bonus payments to teachers who improve their professional qualifications and student performance.

Known as the "Social Passage", the document also contains plans for a "complete reform" of the middle school system, with restructuring of the curriculum which will permit students to focus on professional training at this stage.

The measures are laid out in a passage of the document to which Folha has had access. With a total of six chapters, the document also deals with issues such as maintenance of social programs and anti-corruption measures.

The section entitled "The regeneration of the state" serves as Temer's refutation of the allegations that he intends to interfere in the ongoing Lava Jato investigations or take a more lenient stance on corruption. It contains the explicit promise that his party, the PMDB, will support Operation Lava Jato.

The document was drawn up by the Fundação Ulysses Guimarães, a PMDB center of study headed by former minister Moreira Franco, one of Temer's right hand men.

The document also received contributions from various figures who may form part of an eventual Temer administration, such as the economist Ricardo Paes de Barros and PSDB senator for São Paulo José Serra.

In the chapter addressing education, the "Social Passage" advocates a "greater presence of the Federal Government in basic education [from 6 to 14 years of age]", stressing that the "priority should be improvement in the early years."

Currently, basic education is the responsibility of municipal governments, with middle school education [from 15 to 18 years of age] being the responsibility of the states.

Bonuses for teachers have already been implemented in some states, such as São Paulo and Piauí. The issue is controversial, with many specialists arguing that there is no proven link between bonus payments and improvement in teaching quality.

Teaching unions have criticized what they see as intermittent extra remuneration rather than permanent investment in improved salaries for teachers.

Translated by TOM GATEHOUSE

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Pedro Ladeira/Folhapress
Vice-president Michel Temer, Renan Calheiros, president of the Senate, and senator Aécio Neves (PSDB)
Vice-president Michel Temer, Renan Calheiros, president of the Senate, and senator Aécio Neves (PSDB)

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