As políticas para o livro didático durante a ditadura militar: A Colted e a Fename

Abstract

This paper reviews the establishment and accomplishments of the Technical Book and Textbook Committee - Colted - and the National Foundation for School Supplies - Fename. These two agencies were created simultaneously in the 1960s; however, they had different policies for textbooks. While Colted was intended to encourage the expansion of the book industry, Fename should produce textbooks for distribution or sale at cost price. This paper revealed that the establishment of such agencies responded to the discussions about the urgent need of organizing the education expansion, with the increase of school population and the textbook related problem. Moreover, their policies followed Unesco guidelines, which pointed out the incentive to produce textbooks by private publishing houses, in addition to assist poor students.