CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC EDUCATION POLICIES

Abstract

This study aims to identify the challenges involved in implementing sectoral education policies as essential tools for ensuring that society’s educational needs are met and that education serves as an instrument for promoting social and economic development. This research is justified by the fact that public policies in the educational sphere constitute an area of high demand and are an important means of advancing rights, universalizing access, promoting quality student retention, reinforcing the State’s responsibility for education, and addressing social demands. Such policies contribute to the democratization of free, high-quality public education and foster equal conditions for students to enter, remain in, and complete their studies. As its methodological approach, this study employed a literature review involving searches of digital databases and virtual libraries. The results indicate that the challenges involved in implementing public education policies are enduring and closely associated with the particular circumstances of each historical period. The search for solutions is therefore increasingly urgent. Accordingly, the expansion of initiatives designed to mitigate the problems that prevent educational demands from being met has gained ground, creating new possibilities for disseminating and implementing social policies aimed at expanding rights and emancipating society.