City Hall has already invested more than R$21 million in uniform kits and materials for students in the Municipal Network

Arapongas City Hall has already invested more than R$21 million in uniforms, sneakers and school material kits for all students in the Municipal Network over the last eight years – including students in the Youth and Adult Education (EJA) modality. “We did a lot of work in these eight years. But our most important work is to value human beings”, said Mayor Sérgio Onofre.
In an unprecedented action in the history of Arapongas, the standardization of school uniforms contributes to important aspects of safety in the school environment, but especially to minimize the process of inequality within Municipal Schools and Municipal Early Childhood Education Centers (CMEI’s). In this sense, school material kits were also distributed, favoring didactic and pedagogical content. “We are very proud of this proposal implemented by management. It’s about welcoming each student, with equality and affection. We know that there are families who are unable to provide these items to their children and we want to make the school environment an equal and quality space”, adds Onofre.
INVESTMENT YEAR BY YEAR
According to the Department of Education, in relation to school kits, R$ 105,970.00 were invested in 2017, R$ 399,537.00 in 2018, R$ 717,087.50 in 2019, R$ 777,002.00 in 2020, R$ 848,582.00 in 2021, R$997,358.55 in 2022, R$1,869,667.10 in 2023 and R$1,841,928.00 in 2024.
Regarding uniforms, it was R$515,275.50 in 2018, R$1,035,585.30 in 2019, R$922,516.00 in 2020, R$741,662.55 in 2021, R$1,552,960.00 in 2022 , R$ 1,541,241.40 in 2023 and R$ 1,880,008.60 in 2024.
Also making up the uniforms, school sneakers reached the students, with investments of R$444,096.30 in 2018, R$443,510.61 in 2019, R$653,370.60 in 2020, R$495,770.07 in 2021, R$388,995 .82 in 2022, R$1,160,507.00 in 2023 and R$2,349,119.45 in 2024.
The department’s secretary, Elisângela Bobato Cortez, mentions that the evolution in investments for the sector results not only in better learning, but in the care for each student. “It’s about paying attention and meeting what education needs and deserves. And this generates positive results that we can see in practice, following the development of our students”, she highlighted.
Each year, more than 10 thousand students benefit. Furthermore, the new feature will be the inclusion of school backpacks – which are currently in the bidding process.