Ensino secundário público na Paraíba (1947-1964): projetos de lei de criação de ginásios e colégios

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reflect on the actions taken by the political actors of the State of Paraíba, more specifically the state deputies, between the years 1947 to 1964, with regard to the presentation of Law Projects aiming at the implantation of public Gymnasiums and Schools - official institutions for Secondary Education in the period. In this sense, according to the researches, we identified the presentation of 41 bills, which helps us to construe that Secondary Education was being discussed by the deputies of the period. Thus, we rescue what Diniz (2017) points out, while expressing that, for Deputies (and other politicians), contributing to the implantation of a Gymnasium or College would be of great proportion for the consolidation of their career and politic influence. In this way, we identified the implementation of nine new public secondary education institutions. In some of these implementations, through the analysis, we noticed the joint work of politicians allied, including, from the same family. In this sense, to contribute to our exploratory historical-educational study, we consult authors such as Abreu (2005), Dallabrida (2009), Silva (2014), Diniz (2017; 2019), Nunes (2000), among others who have made significant contributions. In addition, regarding the documentary part of the study, we made our searches, mainly, in the historical archive of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba, where we had access to the Law Projects, as well as in the archives Waldemar Bispo Duarte, of the Espaço Cultural Foundation and in the Historical and Geographic Institute Paraíba, through which we access volumes of the newspaper A União. In this sense, in a perspective of qualitative analysis, which according to Silveira and Córdova (2009) seeks to promote understanding and reflection about the object under study, we confirm the scientific hypothesis that, in Paraíba, Secondary Education has become more important in the political debate between the 1950s and 1960s.