The educational heritage of the military regime

Abstract

This paper reviews the Brazilian military dictatorship's educational policies and accomplishments. It particularly stresses aspects that are still present in the current Brazilian education. Those include: the link between public education and market interests and needs, brought forth by the University reform, especially the compulsory and universal implementation of professionalizing teaching; the favoritism of private teaching, which mainly took place through authorizations and accreditations granted by the Conselho Federal de Educação (Federal Education Council); the teaching structure resulting from the implementation of organizational mechanisms that is still fully in force; a successful post-graduation model established following the American organizational structure and the European university experience.