Educational settings in the municipality of Uberaba, Minas Gerais: decentralization and organization of primary public instruction (1895-1912)

Abstract

From the perspective of the local space, in this case, the municipality of Uberaba-MG during the years 1895 to 1912, this article seeks to deal with the process of organizing public instruction that took place locally and its relationship with the broader context of the first years of the Brazilian republican period. Therefore, we prioritize the work with documents produced by the legislative power, especially the Minutes of the City Council, seeking to demonstrate how the municipality participated in the schooling process that characterizes that ambience in the early years of the recently Proclaimed Brazilian Republic. In the wake of discussions related to the country's educational problem, we are faced with the issue of political-administrative decentralization and the role of municipalities, in view of the educational scenario of the time, which allowed municipalities, in particular Uberaba, to constitute themselves as an instance idealization and action in matters of public instruction. In this sense, the Uberaba City Council acted effectively in the educational issue, proposing laws, creating and maintaining schools, appointing and remunerating teachers, thus configuring an educational organization based on the municipality itself.