Comparação entre a educação infantil oferecida pelo município de Sapaucaia do Sul e a legislação brasileira

Abstract

This article deals with general aspects involving children's rights and the legislation relating to early childhood education and service provided by the City of Sapucaia do Sul, RS, Brazil in this area. Given the importance of this service in the development of children, in which the kindergarten lose its care character and incorporates the basic education in Brazil, it was sought to explore this subject by the means of a case study in a city kindergarten school with approximately 125 pupils. The research aims to establish the real situation of the children through the service provided by the municipality in the school, make a comparison between the legal dispositions on children's rights in relation to early childhood education, and to verify whether the municipality performes what is determined by legislation. The analyzes show that there is a lack of a greater number of employees for the school to meet the legislation properly.