Pandemic and Social inequality: impacts on the educational process in a rural school

This article discusses the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic and social inequality on the schooling of elementary school students in a rural school located in a municipality in the state of Ceará, based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of socio-historical psychology. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with teachers who had teaching experiences during the pandemic. Their statements were analyzed based on the procedure of nuclei of meaning, which resulted in a nucleus called rural education: social inequality and its impacts on the pandemic, consisting of three indicators, namely: social inequality and impacts on the school reality; educational challenges: shortages, support, and training needs in rural education; and the school as a space for confronting the social inequality experienced by students.

Keywords:
democratization of education; right to education; rural education; popular education; educational equality