With the vote on the new National Education Plan (PNE) 2024–2034 in the second half of 2025, pressure is mounting for anti-racist education to move from being a supplementary guideline to taking center stage in Brazilian education policy.

Teacher training with an anti-racist approach was the most frequently cited demand among the more than 400 proposals gathered during the public consultation for the new National Education Plan (PNE), held between May and June 2025. The consultation brought together Black, Indigenous, and Quilombola movements, educators, and social councils.

The proposals were compiled in the Anti-Racist National Education Plan (PNE) Report, released by the Joint Parliamentary Anti-Racism Front. The document outlines guidelines for improving the education of young people in the country, recognizing that racism is a structural barrier that undermines both the quality of education—by excluding certain forms of knowledge—and students’ ability to remain in schools and universities.

Congresswoman Tabata Amaral (PSB-SP), chair of the Special Committee on the National Education Plan (PNE), emphasized in the opening statement of the section: “Making anti-racist education the cornerstone of the PNE means committing to a more just and inclusive project, based on the belief that every Black, Indigenous, or Quilombola child has the right not only to a place in school, but to an education that values their history, identity, and future.”

Among the proposals presented are the updating of bachelor’s degree and education programs, the creation of regional centers for continuing teacher education with the participation of universities, traditional leaders, families, and social movements, as well as ensuring public funding for these initiatives.

Education for Ethnic and Racial Relations (ERER) emerges as a key area of focus. The proposal includes the use of active methodologies and educational resources such as interactive games, children’s books, exhibitions, and virtual tours of terreiros, with an emphasis on combating religious racism.

Another key point is the urgent need to invest in education for the Quilombo community and to establish clear metrics for monitoring racial inequalities, including the mandatory inclusion of race/color as a category in school records.

Digital Library

For educators looking for resources to enrich their teaching practice with an anti-racist approach, the Bett Blog has a valuable tip: the Anansi platform—the Observatory on Racial Equity in Basic Education—offers free teaching materials focused on Afro-Brazilian history and culture.

Organized by CEERT (Center for the Study of Labor Relations and Inequalities), the digital library is an essential tool for educators and schools seeking to transform the curriculum and promote a more inclusive and representative education.

Among the available titles are, for example:

• “From ‘Minor’ to ‘Child’: Black Minors, White Childhood, and Genocide” (Daniel Teixeira), which analyzes how racism shapes the way society views Black childhood.
   
• “Catalog of African and Afro-Brazilian Games and Activities” ( Helen Pinto, Luciana Soares, and Míghian Danae), bringing together playful traditions from various countries of the African diaspora.
   
• “Elementary and Secondary Schools and Education on Ethnic and Racial Relations” (Cicera Nunes), featuring interdisciplinary proposals for addressing the topic across different fields of study.

See more books on this topic at: https://anansi.ceert.org.br/biblioteca

Sources: Agência Brasiland Anansi.

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