Gestão orçamentária na Educação Profissional e Tecnológica: desafios, impactos e perspectivas de gestão no Campus Teresina Central do Instituto Federal do Piauí (2020 – 2025).

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the challenges and impacts of budgetary management at the Teresina Central Campus of the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI) between 2020 and 2025. It is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, based on documentary analysis and bibliographic review, drawing primarily on IFPI institutional documents, its Institutional Development Plan, management reports and official transparency notices, as well as news coverage and peerreviewed literature on the financing of Brazil's Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. Founded in 1909 as an Escola de Aprendizes Artífices and converted into an IFPI campus under Law No. 11,892/2008, Teresina Central Campus currently enrolls more than 1,600 students across integrated, concurrent and subsequent technical courses. The analysis shows that, during the period studied, the campus was subject to the successive budget freezes and cuts imposed on IFPI as an institution, including blocks and cuts recorded in 2022 and the budget containment resulting from the new fiscal framework in 2024, which compromised essential operating contracts, student assistance programs and building maintenance, even as the institution sought to preserve targeted infrastructure investments. A relevant limitation identified is the absence of publicly available campus-level budget execution data, which restricts a more precise financial analysis at the unit studied. As a contribution, a set of strategies is proposed to strengthen participatory budget planning, administrative modernization and continued training of managers at the campus level. It is concluded that efficient and transparent budgetary management, although conditioned by structural factors external to the campus, is an essential condition for ensuring the quality of the vocational training offered.