A baixa permanência de alunos no Centro de Educação de Jovens e Adultos João da Silva Ramos: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The present dissertation it was developed in the ambit of the Professional Master Degree in Administration and Evaluation of the Public Education (CAEd/UFJF). This research aimed to understand the external and internal school factors that contribute to the high indicators of the students' low permanence in the CEJA João da Silva Ramos and to propose actions with the intention of reducing those indicators. Therefore, a case study was accomplished and began with bibliographic revision on Youth and Adult Education in country, state and city, followed for field research, through the analysis of documents regarding the offer of openings in that school and application of questionnaires to students and teachers of the institution. The results of the research has shown that students and teachers consider that external school factors fulfil larger influence in cases when students does not keep going in the school. Elements as work, little time to study, lack of interest in studies and personal reasons such marriage and children are mentioned by the participants of the research as main reasons for the students quit the school. Some few participants indicated that there were internal aspects associated to the school abandonment. Among the internal school factors mentioned are part-time mode of study, difficulties of understanding the didactic material, failed at school and lack of the teachers' specific formation to work with the Youth and Adult Education. Starting from the results, an Educational Plan has been proposed with actions to be implemented by the school managers to reduce the number of students that abandon the school along every school year.