The paper deals with the articulations between the National System of Education (SNE) and the National Plan for Education (PNE 2011-2020), by analyzing the educational legislation and documents from Conae 2010, and by comparing them with secondary sources. Three contradictions are highlighted in the process. The first one includes the definition of the SNE. The second one shows the relationships between public and private, with an indication that the latter influences on educational policies. The third contradiction refers to financing, and unveils the fact that the State meets the market demands and administers with monetary scarcity.
State; educational right; educational financing