Teachers’ Salaries, Financing and Education Quality in Brazil

Abstract

When discussing the quality of education, issues often arise related to labor
and teachers’ salaries which, in turn, raises the issue of the educational
financing. In this way, in order to discuss the relationship between teacher
salaries, financing and quality of basic education in Brazil, this paper
presents results of a bibliographic documentary survey that having as the
analyses corpus educational and economic studies and documents related
to teachers’ salaries produced by international organizations like the World
Bank and UNESCO. It was observed that the remuneration of teachers is
an important element in improving the quality of education and that is
directly related to financial resources to it.