RIGHT TO EDUCATION BY THE USE OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS

THE CHALLENGES (OR PROBLEMS) FACED IN PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL

Abstract

In this article we discuss the right to education and the use of digital platforms as a democratic element of education. Portugal and Brazil are examples taken as a parameter of public policies developed during mandatory confinement, at the same time as sources of information if such practices manage to overcome the difficulties inherent in mandatory confinement that were born during the pandemic period caused by the manifestation of COVID-19. The preliminary results obtained in the work demonstrate a great challenge to be faced in the field of expanded public policies in both countries, and that these policies are partially efficient in combating the pandemic problem. We opted to adopt the empirical method of obtaining the results of the research, using official data, interviews given to the media by public agents and to the academic reflection on these same elements. We conclude that the results obtained indicate that the distance learning system has been effective as an aggregating element of modern education, and that in the near future it can be used as an aggregating element of formal education, regardless of whether or not there is a health crisis.