The purpose of this work is to analyze the initiatives of Lula Administration related to the professional training of teachers. The analysis was based on the so-called 'Every Child Must Learn' program (Toda Criança Aprendendo), which regulates the ongoing training and certification of teachers and sets the guidelines to establish competency standards and a National Network of Educational Research and Development Centers. The referred standards should be established with reference to not only the teachers' certification procedures but also to the official recognition and authorization of professional training institutions. The current policy is in line with former policies marked by subordination to international financial agencies, and, therefore, represents the continuity of the deprofessionalization of teacher training. It also implies the increased control and regulation of teaching activities, mainly by means of certification exams and the increasingly tutorial nature of training as a result of the referred Network and, with it, the prioritization of distance learning programs and teaching material for the ongoing training of basic education teachers.
Evaluation of teachers; Certification; Teacher training; Educational policies