THE FUNDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (FEEI): CONDITIONS, MECHANISMS AND AGENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRIVATIZATION IN PARAGUAY

THE FUNDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (FEEI): CONDITIONS, MECHANISMS AND AGENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRIVATIZATION IN PARAGUAY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2359-7003.2020v29n3.55928

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Privatizacion, Globalization, Fund for Excellence in Education and Research (FEEI), Bunisess Sector, Paraguay

Abstract

The political turn in Latin America, with the return of conservative governments, highlights globalization and privatization as fundamental aspects of educational policies. This article reviews the main concepts and approaches in the international debate around the concept of globalization and privatization. From there, a specific case that occurs in Paraguay with the creation of the Fund for Excellence in Education and Research (FEEI) is examined. The analysis carried out on the FEEI uses the political economy approach (Verger, Zancajo & Fontdevila, 2016) which studies the conditions, mechanisms and agents linked to the privatization processes in education. The article concludes that the creation of the FEEI aims to promote a process of privatization as part of a structural reform of the State, where educational policy decisions are fundamentally made in the Board of Directors of the Fund with a growing incidence of the business sector in coherence with global policies in education and a weak institutional presence of the Ministry of Education (MEC).

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Author Biographies

Rodolfo Elías, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales: Asunción , N / A (NA) , PY

Bachelor of Psychology (Catholic University of Asunción) and Master of Social Psychology (University of Guelph, Canada). Currently pursuing a doctorate in sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). He carried out research work as a member of the Paraguayan Center for Sociological Studies (CPES), coordinated social projects for UNICEF - Paraguay and for the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI). He is currently the academic coordinator of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO - Paraguay).

Ana Gabriela Portillo Martínez, Serpaj Paraguay

Educator, researcher. Thesis student of the Sociology Career at the Catholic University "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción", member of the SERPAJ Education and Human Rights Team, the Network for the Right to Education and the Paraguay Estrado Network.

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2020-12-02

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ELÍAS, R.; PORTILLO MARTÍNEZ, A. G. THE FUNDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (FEEI): CONDITIONS, MECHANISMS AND AGENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRIVATIZATION IN PARAGUAY: THE FUNDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (FEEI): CONDITIONS, MECHANISMS AND AGENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRIVATIZATION IN PARAGUAY. Revista Temas em Educação, [S. l.], v. 29, n. 3, 2020. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.2359-7003.2020v29n3.55928. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/rteo/article/view/55928. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 29 No. 3 (2020): RTE (Sept.- Dec.) - Continuous flow

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Dossier: Conservative restorations in the educational field in Latin America

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