Transformations in Youth and Adult Education policies in Brazil at the beginning of the third millennium: An analysis of national and international agendas

Abstract

This essay analyzes the transformations in Youth and Adult Education policies in Brazil at the beginning of the 21st century, in view of rights that are recognized in the national legislation and the commitments that have been undertaken at international forums, (some of which are being revised in 2015). Based on literature review and policy analysis, the article highlights the expansion of the legal recognition of the rights of youth and adults to education and the institutionalization of this modality in basic education policies. The results of youth and adult education policies, however, have frustrated expectations and have remained distant from the proclaimed rights and goals to which we have committed ourselves, making it evident that the culture of lifelong education has not yet been rooted in society and in governments.