This article relates the process of implantation of master's and doctoral courses in education in the North and Northeast regions of the country, starting in the 70's, as well as their consolidation in postgraduate programmes in the 80's and 90's, in consonance with the National Postgraduate Plans. It affirms the fundamental commitment of these programmes to regional development and, in particular, to educational development and highlights analysis of the challenge posed by the process of evaluation instituted by CAPES, from 1996, for the development and affirmation of the same. It concludes by making explicit the resources necessary for the advance and effective institutionalization of postgraduate studies in education in the North and Northeast regions.
postgraduate studies in education; North and Northeast regions; evaluation