{"id":70748,"date":"2022-07-19T11:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=70748"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:23:37","slug":"closing-of-critical-high-school-leaves-mare-favela-students-without-classes-on-100th-birthday-of-darcy-ribeiro-and-leonel-brizola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=70748","title":{"rendered":"Closing of Critical High School Leaves Mar\u00e9 Favela Students Without Classes on 100th Birthday of Darcy Ribeiro and Leonel Brizola"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/i><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

At least 389 people have died from the ongoing coronavirus<\/span><\/a> pandemic in the favelas of Mar\u00e9<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. As reflected on the<\/span> Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard<\/span><\/a>*, Mar\u00e9 was the most successful favela in recording the harm caused by the pandemic. If the death curve declined there, it was thanks to collective action, spurred on by<\/span> extremely organized<\/span><\/a> community<\/span> organizations<\/span><\/a> that secured the support of Brazil\u2019s national health foundation Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oswaldo Cruz (<\/span>Fiocruz<\/span><\/a>). In an unprecedented initiative, thanks in large part to this local mobilization, Fiocruz vaccinated the entire population of Mar\u00e9<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0However, other pandemic-related problems continue to plague our community such as the<\/span> closing of schools<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless of our opinion of them, the \u201cBrizol\u00f5es\u201d\u2014as these educational centers are popularly known\u2014certainly represent a milestone in the history of the state of Rio de Janeiro and are a model of the best in Brazilian education. Officially known as Integrated Centers of Public Education (CIEPs<\/span><\/a>), they were created during the administration of<\/span> Governor Leonel Brizola<\/span><\/a> (1983 and 1987), with the support of beloved educator<\/span> Darcy Ribeiro<\/span><\/a>. The project was so impactful that former<\/span> President Fernando Collor de Mello<\/span><\/a> tried to<\/span> replicate the idea<\/span><\/a>: he created the Integrated Centers for Child and Adolescent Care (<\/span>CIACs<\/span><\/a>) in 1991, as part of the \u201c<\/span>My People Project<\/span><\/a>.\u201d <\/span>A CIAC school was built in Mar\u00e9<\/span><\/a> but the structure sank into the ground due to an engineering error, mirroring the fate of the Collor government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven CIEPs were established in Mar\u00e9\u2013some built better than others, but all still present and active in the neighborhood. For many years prior, schools were built from shipping containers, a \u201ctemporary\u201d accommodation that lasted 50 years, at four shifts a day, with poor accessibility and inadequate spaces<\/span><\/a> for science activities, sports, reading, and cultural education.<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrival of the Brizol\u00f5es answered the hopes of families who dreamed of seeing their children attend a full-time educational facility, where students could study, eat and even bathe before returning home. For a long while, this was the case at CIEP Ministro Gustavo Capanema<\/span><\/a>, in<\/span> Vila dos Pinheiros<\/span><\/a>, one of the favelas of Mar\u00e9. While for educators this Brizol\u00e3o was merely a change in the scope of education in the state, for residents it immediately meant a place where children could eat and receive care while parents worked.<\/span><\/p>\n