This text presents an analysis of secondary and professional school levels as public policy for the development of the citizen and the worker. The focus is on the proceedings of secondary and professional levels according to LDBEN 9394/96 and their relation to the exercise of human rights and citizenship. For this purpose, we start from an analysis of the social, political and economical context in order to conduct the study of the guiding regulations of secondary and professional teaching. We discuss the proposal that support secondary and professional teaching and highlight the goals of the training based on human rights and citizenship, but that in the current societal context can also lead to the strengthening of neoliberal ideals in meeting the interests of the productive system.