Federal Law No. 10,639/2003, its Guidelines and the Basic Education Evaluation System (SAEB).
Education of Ethnic-Racial Relations, Federal Law n.10.639/2003, Basic Education Evaluation System
On January 9, 2003, Federal Law No. 10,639 was enacted. This legal system, the result of the historical struggles of the Black Movement, especially in the last century, made it mandatory, in public and private institutions of elementary and secondary education, the teaching of AfroBrazilian History and Culture within the scope of the entire school curriculum. The law is characterized as an Affirmative Action Policy that seeks to combat the social inequalities imposed on the black population over time and, simultaneously, contribute to the repositioning of blacks and race relations in the world of education (Santos, 2007). In view of this, the ongoing research intends to provide answers to the following problem: Has Federal Law No. 10.639/2003 and its guidelines been assuming fundamental importance in the Basic Education Evaluation System (SAEB)? In addition, the following study questions will contribute to this process: How did the demands placed by the Brazilian Black Movement in the field of Education, throughout the twentieth century, contribute to the implementation of Federal Law No. 10.639/2003 and its guidelines?; After two decades of its enactment, has the education of ethnic-racial relations, as a public policy, been effectively implemented in the sphere of Basic Education?; How is Law 10.639/2003 present in the Basic Education Evaluation System (SAEB)?; Has the Basic Education Evaluation System (SAEB) addressed (or not) the racial theme, especially since 2003 when Federal Law No. 10,639/2003 was enacted?; Has the SAEB, as a Basic Education Evaluation System, effectively contributed to the democratization of ethnic-racial relations in basic education? The research will be conducted from action research, which according to Thiollent (2009) is a line of research associated with various forms of collective action that is oriented towards solving problems or transformation objectives. Neto (1994) explains that this technique consists of conducting interviews that mix previously formulated questions with open questions. The meetings will be recorded and, later, transcribed so that the material can be analyzed from the theoretical references of the thesis.