Childhood education in latin american countries: a study about the education obligation beyond Brazil

Abstract

The Federal Law 12,796 (BRAZIL, 2013a) inserts the compulsory education for children from four years old and, as a recent measure, although for some time debated in the Brazilian educational context, it is important to recognize if this movement follows what happens in other Latin American countries. Thus, the objective was to discuss the early childhood education obligation in Latin America, identifying intentions, reasons and the extension developments of required registration for children, with special focus on two countries, Argentina and Uruguay. It is a theoretical, research, which includes a theoretical study of literacythat discusses the mandatory early childhood education in some Latin American countries. In general, early childhood education is not appear as an important stage of child development and human formation, reserving itself for two years (in most countries)prior to primary education investments in jobs and attending visits.