EDUCATIONAL INTEGRATION AT THE BRAZIL/BOLIVIA BORDER – A REFLECTION ABOUT THE INSERTION OF BOLIVIANS STUDENTS IN BRAZILIANS SCHOOLS

Abstract

The present paper has as proposal to make a critical reflection about the integration actions developed in the area of education between the Mercosul states parties, in particular, on the border between the Brazil and Bolivia, at the Municipality of Guajará-Mirim with the twin city of Guayaramerín, Bolivian side. Through legal mechanisms, the countries bordering the Brazil seek to maintain a relationship on reciprocity in various sectors, among them, the educative, since understand that to invest in education strengthens the region. However, to this work, the linguistic factor is paramount to understand what the border with their pluralities is. It is not only Brazilians and Bolivians, since within the group of Brazilians we also found a cultural diversity from the north to the south of the country. The same happens with Bolivia, so much that the nominal identification of the country already emphasizes this heterogeneous character: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Thereby to the development and cultural respect of this region, it would be expected to have an integration that guarantee a guajaramirenses and guayaramirenses an inclusive education and of quality to supply the wishes of the peoples living on this border (Brazil/Bolivia).