Políticas Educacionais e o Financiamento à Creche em São Gonçalo/RJ: um estudo de caso (2011-2020)
The article discusses the financing of early childhood education and care (ECEC) between the years 2011 to 2020, scenario of three central educational policies, namely: the full complement of the 10% of the Union to FUNDEB, in 2010; the institution of compulsory school education from 4 to 17 years of age in 2009, and the ratification of preschool as a mandatory educational segment in 2013.From the theoretical-methodological perspective of the Case Study, the analysis of the decade (2011-2020) will have as a locus of research and problematization the metropolitan municipality of São Gonçalo/RJ, focusing on local policies for the care of children from 0 to 3 years, in this municipality.As a result of the study, it is evident that, despite the increase in the number of enrollments in the ECEC, in the investigated state public sphere, the guarantee of this educational right, with quality and social equity, in the city, still represents a great challenge.