Educational activities in times of covid-19 and the political-pedagogical perspectives of the National Board of Education

Abstract

The period of prohibition of face-to-face activities in schools, due to the covid-19 pandemic, demanded from educational institutions a constant redirection of their own pedagogical practices towards the realization for distance learning and hybrid teaching. For this purpose, regulations were implemented to promote the resume face-to-face or hybrid learning in school activities, in different terms and practices, according to the rates of contamination by covid-19 in each Brazilian state/city. The Law number. 14.040, in August 18, 2020, regulated the exceptional educational standards adopted during the state of public calamity recognized by Legislative Decree n. 6, March 20, 2020. The National Education Council (CNE) had an important role, since it issued guidelines on educational practices throughout the national territory, among the main ones: CNE/CP 05/2020- Reorganization of the School Calendar and the possibility of computing off-site activities for the purpose of complying with the minimum annual workload, due to the covid-19 pandemic  period; CNE/CP 11/2020- Educational Guidelines for Conducting  face-to-face and distance teaching activities in the context of the Pandemic; CNE/CP – 06/2021- National guidelines for the implementation of return to the in person of teaching and learning activities and for the regularization of the school calendar. Based on the guidelines of the National Council of Education, we emphasize the care with the return of in-person classes by adopting pedagogical practices that focus on welcoming students and education professionals as an absolute priority, pedagogical practices for the recovery of learning and articulation of the school with the other members of the Rights Guarantee System. Finally, we present an analysis of the possible impacts arising from the prohibition of on-site activities in schools in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals  of the United Nations Organization.