A collection featuring information, publications, and unpublished texts from Caderno Afro Memória, along with images that portray the life and ideas of Azoilda Loretto da Trindade (1957–2015), a key figure in advancing anti-racist education in Brazil.
SETA Possible Pathways is a proposal that offers tools for diagnosis, planning, training, and monitoring, contributing to the transformation of school culture and educational management, while strengthening structural actions to confront racism and promote racial and gender equity in public education. Developed collectively by the Projeto SETA, in collaboration with a coalition of civil society organizations with extensive experience in Black, Indigenous, and Quilombola movements, the publication brings together knowledge, practices, and strategies aimed at institutionalizing antiracist education as a public policy within education systems. (Portuguese version)
This article is based on the BAICE Presidential Lecture delivered at the 2025 UKFIET conference, which was on the theme of ‘Mobilising knowledge, partnerships, and innovations for sustainable development through education and training’. It argues that anti-racist and reparative perspectives are vital for remaking the field of international and comparative education and that this remaking is urgently needed to counter the rise of ethnonationalism and genocidal violence.
Notes on the Educational Contexts of Black Youth” is an e-book that combines data and real-life narratives to highlight how racism shapes the educational experiences of Black youth in Brazil. It explores inequalities in access, retention, and completion, and offers concrete actions toward building a fairer, antiracist education system. A powerful resource for educators, policymakers, and all those committed to educational equity. (Portuguese version)
The first edition of the Brazilian Olympiad on the Teaching of Ethnic-Racial Relations engaged over 29,000 participants across the country. This document presents data, results, and the impacts of the initiative, which strengthens the teaching of Afro-Brazilian, African, and Indigenous histories and cultures in public schools. (Portuguese version)
Implementation of 41 Activities by the SETA Coalition in the Project’s Second Year (October 2023 – September 2024)
ActionAid International, the Global Campaign for Education, the Global Student Forum, Clade, among other organizations, have produced a letter, in partnership with the SETA Project (System of Education for an Antiracist Transformation), addressed to UNESCO, the High Level Steering Committee of SDG 4 and stakeholders of the Global Education Meeting, which will be held on October 31 and November 1 in Fortaleza (CE), with the aim of presenting a call for antiracism in education
Updated analysis of the data in the executive summary of the survey launched in 2023, an initiative of the SETA Project with Peregum – Black Reference Institute with IPEC – Intelligence in Research and Strategic Consulting with the aim of understanding how the Brazilian population perceives racism, as well as favoring the creation of campaigns and policies for its confrontation.
SETA Project´s annual report (Oct 2022-Oct 2023) with presentation of the project and highlights of the main actions carried out in the period.
This research observes the educational situation considering the progresses and gaps that need to be considered as significant assumptions while implementating proposals and actions for the movement of an anti-racist educational ecosystem. (Portuguese version)
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Structural racism in Brazil has systemically hindered access to the right to equal and quality public education by black, quilombola and indigenous students. The quality of education that children receive in Brazil is deeply segmented by racial and socioeconomic status. And, today, it is identified that the gaps between white children and black, quilombola and indigenous children, in all basic education indicators, are persistent and more serious for young people aged 11 to 17. Black, quilombola and indigenous children and young people are the most likely to drop out of school, have higher exclusion rates and have lower educational levels. Therefore, they are assigned the less prestigious and lower-paying jobs as adults. Meanwhile, white students internalize the racial inequities they are exposed to in schools and replicate them as adults. When looking at learning indicators, it is also concluded that there are not only more barriers to accessing school for black, quilombola and indigenous children, but that once at school, these children are less likely to access quality education.
The SETA Project seeks to carry out transformative actions based on evidence resulting from studies that help to understand the complexity of racial relations in the country and the resulting problems that need to be faced. In this sense, it foresees a series of studies with national and regional perspectives in its territories of intervention, especially in Amazonas, Maranhão, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The objective is to map the perception of society in general, of education professionals and students about racism, racial inequalities in general and in education, the effectiveness of policies to combat racism, the gaps in tools and methodologies to promote racial equity and successful strategies and good national and international practices that can inspire actions to value diversity and differences and mitigate inequalities, especially in the area of education.
1) Biannual public mapping survey on perceptions of racism in Brazilian society.
2) Biannual focus groups on school communities’ perceptions of racism.
3) Monitoring and evaluation of educational indicators with analysis of education indicators focusing on race, gender and territory.
4) Studies led by the organizations that make up the SETA Project on “indigenous school education”, “quilombola school education”, “educational trajectory of black girls”, “black youth, education and violence”, “impact of secondary education reform on deepening of educational inequalities” and “participatory construction of indicators and diagnosis on quality in education and racial relations”.
All of these productions are/will be made publicly available to assist society in the construction of qualified narratives, based on the portrait of reality, in defense of racial equity in education, in addition to guiding project actions.
THE SETA PROJECT – EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR AN ANTI-RACIST TRANSFORMATION IS A PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION, SINCE 2021, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTING TOGETHER FOR AN ANTI-RACIST AND QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.
