O abandono escolar no ensino médio noturno da Escola Estadual Frei Levino em Monte Belo (Minas Gerais)

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The management case presented discussed the high school dropout rates at the Frei Levino State School, located in Monte Belo, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. The general objectives defined for this study were to investigate the causes that caused the school to show abandonment rates higher than the Regional Superintendence of Education of Poços de Caldas and those of Minas Gerais in the period from 2012 to 2016 and to elaborate an Educational Action Plan (PAE), which proposes to propose strategies to combat the problem, promoting the access and permanence of young people between 15 and 17 years of age in school, with equity and quality. We hypothesize that there are factors internal and external to the school that contribute to the abandonment. To do so, we will use as methodology the qualitative research and as instruments semi-structured interviews with students, teachers and pedagogical team, collection of information from the school secretariat and bibliographic research on the subject in question. The data obtained with these instruments were analyzed from the theoretical framework brought in the studies of Gonçalves, Passos e Passos (2005), Sousa e Oliveira (2008), Braga (2009), Santos e Pouchain (2011) and Soares et al (2015) which deal with dropping out of high school. Finally, the PAE was presented as a mechanism for the prevention and reduction of drop-out in the middle school where the study was carried out, having as a focus the discussion of strategies for the permanence of young people in school.