Participação comunitária na gestão das escolas: um estudo de caso no distrito de Maríngue, província de Sofala0

Abstract

This research work is one of the necessary requirements to submit to the UNIVERSITY EDUARDO MONDLANE - UFICS, to obtain a degree in Public Administration. It addresses the issue of Community Participation in School Management, at a time when many African states are advocating the issue of decentralization and participation of all in decision-making processes, as a condition for achieving democracy in these countries. It is important to emphasize that the current debates on this topic have been on the agenda of many States, as it is seen as a lever for the development of poor countries. Our country is one of those that seeks to adopt the strategy of decentralizing functions and decision-making processes and seeks to encourage communities to participate in the development process. Thus, at the level of each sector, strategies were drawn up in order to ensure that the general objectives set by the Government are fulfilled. For the educational sector, one of the Government's priorities, according to the Strategic Education Plan, is to increase access to educational opportunities at all levels of the education system. The realization of this intention involves the decentralization of some of the Government's responsibilities and the involvement of communities in this process. This work deals with a case study carried out in the district of Maríngué, Sofala province, where it seeks to verify the extent to which local communities participate in the management of schools in their environment. It is divided into six chapters, which in turn are subdivided, to facilitate the understanding and ordering of its contents. The first chapter provides a contextualization of post-independence Mozambique to the present day and raises the issue of education; determines the research objectives and delimits the object of study. In the second chapter, a literature review relevant to the issue of community participation in school management is made and the key concepts are defined in the light of several authors. The third chapter deals with the applied methodology and allows the reader to find out about the difficulties or limitations that its author had during the elaboration of the research. Chapter four presents the results collected in the field in light of the specific objectives of the research and in the fifth chapter, therefore, an interpretation of those results is made. The sixth chapter makes a conclusion and a brief analysis of the issue, and makes some recommendations, which the author thinks 3.7 Do you have any suggestions on what would be the most efficient coordination mechanisms between companies, the city council and the central government?