Right or privilege? Digital inequalities, the pandemic, and the challenges of a public school

Abstract

The article discussed some of the impacts on education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil in 2020, focusing on the issue of access to online activities by basic school students. The text is divided into two parts: In the first part, the transfer of face-to-face education to remote education was discussed, focusing on digital inequalities, social privileges, and the right to education; in the second part, the case of the Application School of FEUSP, in Saõ Paulo (SP), was analyzed based on the experiences and challenges faced in the transfer to remote education. The text notes the insufficiency of public educational policies in the period, which did not guarantee connectivity and the right to education in the country in the midst of the crisis.