A INSTRUCAO PUBLICA PRIMARIA NO INTERIOR DAS GERAES : UMA ANALISE HISTORICA DO GRUPO ESCOLAR DE VILLA PLATINA (1908-1950)

The school group of Villa Platina was originated in the early Republic, with inauguration of the fi rst three school groups of Triangulo Mineiro, around 1908. Among them, the Villa Platina, located in the town of Ituiutaba. The objective of this communication is to present questions related to the primary school João Pinheiro, envolving a historical-critical analysis of the early to mid-twentieth century. The implementation of the fi rst elementary school in Villa Platina, occurred in the early twentieth century, in the context of the organization of the Republic, occurred when the acquisition of providence to promote the rationalization management of the Brazilian State. The majestic building of the School of Villa Platina proposal was to make visible the republican ideal, and imposing on the scene Urban, a record of the values and way of life of the local elite. Arrangement elitist, this modern school, forks in the 1930s, with the initiative “Men of color.” This initiative was supported by the mayor at the time, this agreement not envolved the public sphere-legal. The school was named “May 13” This name was changed in 1940 to “Municipal School Machado de Assis. The descendants of African slaves used the building of the former primary school of Platinum Villa in the dead of night. Construction workers, employed domestic drew the profi le of students, the statement comes from interviews take effect with the elderly, still alive, graduates of the “May 13th” and “School of M Assis. Thus, bodies and minds molded in place/space of the school received hopes of entering a “new world”, now with geographic coordinates reversed. However, some students gave up their studies, due to fatigue resulting from long working hours. Subsequently, the primary school John Pinheiro comported the second group of Ituiutaba school for 17 years, this group called “Grupo Escolar Idelfonso Mascarenhas da Silva.” Methodological approach chosen, it was through the collection, compilation and interpretation of written documents and legislation of the period in question but also the memory of former students and teachers of these schools. The analysis of initial investigations, after research Newspaper of the municipality, the time study and the confrontation with sources oral, show that