The Right to Education in Brazil of Children and Adolescents During the Pandemic

Abstract

The present work consists of bibliographical research, using texts, doctrines and norms that aim at the fundamental rights and guarantees of children and adolescents during the pandemic of the new coronavirus, more specifi cally with regard to the sphere of education. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020, face-to-face activities were suspended and remote classes had to be implemented, this article seeks to investigate the eff ects of this form of teaching and the right to education of children and adolescents, if they were or were not properly fulfi lled. First, the articles that legislate on the right to education in Brazil will be analyzed: 205º, 206º and 208º of the Federal Constitution, which provide for education as a right for all and a duty that must be ensured by the family and the State, as well as the bases on which he is to be ministered to; Law nº 9,394/96, which establishes the guidelines and bases of national education and the articles of the Children and Adolescents Statute referring to the theme. Secondly, an explanation will be given of the diff erent means that educational institutions have adopted in addition to face-to-face, taking into account aspects such as the economic factor, the social context, digital exclusion, among others.