ABSTRACT
This article aims to analyze how Colégio Pedro II, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, implements the policy of quotas in student admission processes for different segments of basic education. In short, we investigate whether the policy of quotas resulted in the presence of a greater number of black people in the institution’s student body. Based on the study of the civil service examination announcements for the selection of students and on the analysis of the student’s racial profile, we found out that, even though Colégio Pedro II applies the policy of racial quotas in its announcements, the institution does so only for secondary education (as provided by Law n. 12,711/2012, in the strict sense). That is to say the institution is not covering the other segments of basic education and, therefore, there is little change in the racial profile of the student body in recent years.
Keywords
Basic education; Affirmative Action; Racial quotas; Colégio Pedro II