Organization cites ambitious goals and demands improvements in implementation and monitoring of the plan
The –independent and non-partisan organization for public education– released on Wednesday (25th March 2026) an analysis of the new National Education Plan. He assessed that the PNE has a high capacity to guide significant advances for the next decade, with a more robust structure compared to the previous plan, but pointed out adjustments. Here is the note (PDF – 140 kB).
PL 2,614 of 2024, of , was in a symbolic vote on Wednesday (25th March). It now goes to presidential sanction. The proposal already existed at the end of 2025.
Among the main positive points of the new PNE, the organization highlighted the deepening of the focus on educational quality and the consolidation of equity as a structuring principle, establishing ambitious goals to reduce racial, socioeconomic and regional inequalities.
According to the organization, the project innovates by including specific goals for previously neglected modalities, such as Indigenous School Education, Quilombola and Bilingual Education for the Deaf, in addition to creating mechanisms that strengthen federative implementation and evidence-based monitoring.
“All for Education reaffirms its commitment to contributing to this systematic monitoring, producing independent analyses, strengthening public debate and supporting public authorities in the educational policies necessary for the country to move forward, consistently, towards the established goals”these.
GOALS
The plan focuses on universal access and improving the quality of education. Here are the main points:
- early childhood education – universalization of pre-school (4 to 5 years old) within 2 years. The goal is to meet 100% of the demand for daycare centers and include 60% of children up to 3 years old by 2034;
- literacy – ensure that at least 80% of children are literate at the end of the 2nd year of Elementary School until the 5th year of the PNE, and 100% by the end of the decade;
- full education – expand the offer so that 50% of public schools offer the modality in 5 years, reaching 65% by the end of the decade;
- high school – ensure that at least 90% of students complete high school at a regular age, in order to promote equity and attention to population diversity;
- teacher training – ensure that at least 50% of those completing pedagogy and degree courses reach the appropriate performance standard in Enade by the 5th year of PNE validity, reaching 70% by the end of the decade.
