Coalition for Full-Time Schools for Teenagers

Students attending the Nilo Peçanha Technological Educational Gymnasium, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

Focusing on comprehensive development, expanding the classroom hours, valuing youth protagonism and racial equity, the Coalition seeks to ensure that teenagers enter, remain and learn in school by promoting coherent, innovative and nurturing pedagogical practices.

Over 2024, the Coalition has consolidated its work in several Brazilian states, such as Ceará, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Pará and Paraíba, especially helping programs which directly support the education networks. Actions focused on strengthening a Pedagogical Model of School for Teenagers.

  • In Ceará, the State Department of Education led the collective building of a set of elective classes, in partnership with the 184 municipalities of Ceará, reinforcing the collaborative system and expanding the Full-Time School vision.

  • In Pernambuco, training in anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-ableist education have mobilized local managers and leaders, with the creation of a thematic nucleus planned for 2025.

  • In Paraíba, over 140 principals have started a training course focused on equity and adolescence, along with the implementation of the School Management Framework.

  • In Rio de Janeiro, seminars and an action plan aimed at improving educational indicators have contributed to consolidating interdisciplinary and preventive practices, such as the Violence Prevention Protocol and the Education Guide to Ethnic-Racial Relations (ERER).

“In 2024, the Coalition went beyond its dreams: with our support in the state and municipal education networks, we reached over 400,000 full-time enrollments. Full-time education is once again possible and necessary. With it, we will be able to build a more inclusive school for teenagers, with higher quality and more equity. We keep working together to ensure more spaces for teenagers to be heard and to play a leading role.”

Maria Slemenson

Superintendent of Public Policy in Brazil at Instituto Natura

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