This study aimed to analyze the implications of the Brazil Professionalized program in the financing of professional education in state schools of Pará. The Brazil Professionalized is a program of technical and financial assistance established by the MEC (Education Ministry) during the second mandate of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva Government (2007-2010), aiming to expand the professional education offered by the state public education networks in Brazil, focusing on the implementation of integrated professional education. The research was preceded by a literature review about the policy of financing education, vocational education policies in Brazilian’s Federal Government strategies on commit them through the funding of technical and financial cooperation. Then, the study involved documentary analysis of the legislation (ordinances and resolutions), which established and regulated the Brazil Professionalized program MEC/FNDE and documents written by SEDUC/PA related to planning and monitoring program in state schools. Data collection was complemented by semi-structured interviews done with coordinating of Brazil Professionalized program MEC; with COEP (Professional coordination of State Education Department of Pará-SEDUC) to evaluate the implementation process and funding of the program and its implications in the state. The study identified a recurring dispute between the public authorities and the private sector, the public fund to finance professional education, because there is no legal definition and constitutional allocation of public resources for the provision of professional education. The funding strategies of professional education policies are carried out through government programs that take place in a fragmented and disjointed in various ministries of the Federal Government, highlighting the lack of organization around the resources available, and little coordination between projects and actions for the professional education. The study showed weaknesses in the establishment of funding programs of professional education that can reveal the limits of Brazil Professionalized as a program and not as a permanent funding policy. Data analysis showed that the program implementation in Pará state made important contributions to the consolidation of professional education as a system in the state, it could be seen on the documents about management and planning of professional education, the expansion on the number of vacancies, courses and increase in enrollment offer, especially in integrated Professional Education. However, teacher training and maintenance of schools is the responsibility of the State and therefore falls on the agenda of this discussion, the struggle to guarantee sources of funding for continuing professional education policies in the public sector to ensure a supply of education quality.
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