Temporary hiring of teachers in basic education under the influence of neoliberalism

Abstract

The article examines the historical relationship between work and education, highlighting how industrial capitalism and, later, neoliberalism, transformed these spheres into mechanisms of subsistence and control. Originally sources of critical development, work and education have been reduced into commodities, especially affecting the education sector. The analysis focuses on the precariousness of temporary contracts for teachers in Basic Education, revealing how neoliberal flexibilization has worsened inequalities, generating uncertain working conditions, the absence of a career plan and low incomes. The study emphasizes that teacher turnover harms pedagogical continuity and student learning, also affecting teachers' subjectivity. To face this reality, the article defends a review of public policies, proposing solid investments in education to promote the comprehensive training of teachers and guarantee quality and emancipatory education, capable of reinforcing the devaluation and alienation resulting from neoliberal logic.