<p>This reflective work seeks to analyze the policy of the Ministry of National Education (MNE) for the development of sexuality education and the construction of&nbsp; citizenship (DSECC), by using the methodological tools proposed by Foucault in his studies on governmentality, in order to question the mechanisms used by the state power and the desired and effective effects produced. Considering what has been said, it is necessary to highlight relevant issues for the development of this text, analysis of the theoretical assumptions and mechanisms proposed by the MNE, of the neoliberal governmentality (the businessperson of him or herself); relationship between the theory of human capital and the techniques of itself, health and education; and finally, conclusions.</p>