Unified Educational Centres (CEUs) - democratic and intersectoral management to promote popular participation

Abstract

Despite the legal consecration, the democratic management of the public school remains a difficult task to achieve in terms of building intersectionality, both among government bodies and with the local community. There are normative references, but they are insufficient to guarantee the democratization of school management in terms of encouraging popular participation, recognition of the territory, and the feeling of belonging. This text, based on the analysis of the legislation, presents some of the political and organizational as well as historical and cultural obstacles that have hindered the achievement of democratic management of the „Unified Educational Centre“ public space.