Políticas públicas do Estado angolano: um mapeamento do programa de merenda escolar nas regiões de Luanda e Huambo (2008 - 2014)

Abstract

This research aims at helping to understand the perception of political and social actors and other stakeholders in the subject that suffers from this content, which is the importance of decision-making processes on government actions (public policies) and what represents the School Lunch Program in Angolan society to assist in achieving the results of fighting hunger and eliminate school dropout. The research was divided into two parts, one based on a theoretical and conceptual approach with definitions of terms on the subject, based on arguments published by specialists accessible in Africa, Angola and in general, such as books, magazines, newspapers and the Internet. the other based on the practical part. The practical part of the research was supported by actors of education decisions, namely the municipal administration of Viana and Huambo provincial, which, through a questionnaire, with open and closed questions about the perception of public policies and what the Program represents of the Merenda Escolar to the direct beneficiaries, that is, to the families, contributed to their answers to the results of this research. In the practical part, the result of the research concluded that despite being perceptions, the definition of Public Policies as the responsibility of the State and of civil society, as a factor for the development and strengthening of the citizen position, was not yet known, as well as to make known on the representation of the School Lunch Program as part of the Angolan government's anti-hunger and poverty policy to curb school dropout.