Inequalities linked in the Brazilian educational system: stratifications between the upper secondary and higher levels of education

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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.14n2.004

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This paper discusses educational stratification in upper secondary education and in higher education. The study of educational stratifications allows to visualize social and educational segmentation within the system. The educational expansion that took place in Brazil in the recent period draws attention to the persistence of limits linked to deep social inequalities. The study presents secondary statistic data on upper secondary and higher education and discusses categories that express horizontal stratification inside each educational level. Results show that there is a variation of educational stratification in both levels and that public or private financing, institutional type and program type allow the verification of traits of Brazilian educational reality that tend to reproduce historical concatenated inequalities.

 

Keywords: Upper Secondary Education. Higher Education. Educational stratification.

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  • Célia Elizabete Caregnato, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    Docente Associada, Departamento Ensino e Currículo

    Docente permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação /UFRGS

    Membro titular da COMPÓS do PGEDU da UFRGS

  • Bernardo Sfredo Miorando, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação

    Bolsista Capes

  • Leandro Raizer, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Professor adjunto no Departamento Ensino e Currículo
  • Ricardo Gausmann Pfitscher, Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul
    Mestrando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação

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2019-05-30

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2019): Seção Temática: PPGE-UEPG: 25 anos de história

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Inequalities linked in the Brazilian educational system: stratifications between the upper secondary and higher levels of education. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 2, p. 469–486, 2019. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.14n2.004. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/12312. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2026.