EXPANSÃO DA OFERTA DE EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: DESAFIOS NO CONTEXTO DO NOVO PLANO NACIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO/THE EXPANSION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL: CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW NATIONAL EDUCATION PLAN

The paper presents research data that monitored the scope of the national service goal for Early Childhood Education in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, considering the provisions of the National Education Plan 2001-2010. The methodology of the study involved analysis of some census, demographic and educational data from 2006-2012 period and documentary analysis of the "X-rays of early childhood education" prepared by the State Court of Auditors (TCE/ RS, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 ). The expansion of service to the age of early childhood education in the state grew in the analyzed period, reaching 25.46% in 2012 in the attendance percentage for the child care, and 67.84% for the pre-school. Data analysis design challenges for this state in relation to the decade 2014-2024, term of the new National Education Plan for achieving the expected percentage for both age groups.