Desafios de permanência e conclusão na educação de Jovens e Adultos Semipresencial de Joaíma/MG

Abstract

This dissertation is developed within the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policy and Evaluation of Education of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The management case developed here took place within the State Center for Continuing Education - CESEC Joaíma-, located in the city of Joaíma in the state of Minas Gerais, an institution that offers Youth and Adult Education in the semi-present modality, in order to identify the main factors that help the non-continuity of studies as about 25% of students who enroll do not attend school. This research had as its guiding question: What are the main factors associated with the low rate of completion of students enrolled in elementary and high school at the Joaíma‘s CESEC between 2015 and 2017? The relevance of this work lies in the opportunity, based on the findings, to develop mechanisms aimed at increasing the permanence of these students and increasing the rate of completion of the basic education stages. The objectives defined for this study were: To present the form of supply of EJA in Brazil with emphasis on the semi-presential modality; Investigate the main reasons why many students enroll and do not attend school, or attend too little, analyzing the social and cultural aspects that may interfere with the continuity of the students' educational path and, finally; Proposing actions that increase the frequency index, as well as conclusions of elementary and high school in the researched school. We hypothetically assume that the causes of student non-continuity are related to social, pedagogical and personal aspects. Therefore, we used as a methodology the exploratory and descriptive research, using bibliographic material analysis, survey and data collection using qualitative and quantitative methods and as research instruments the application of questionnaires directed to students who enrolled in any of the years of the period of the research and the teachers who worked at the institution. The main data collected show as main weaknesses the lack of specific training of professionals to work in the EJA, the didactic material incompatible with the intended audience, age difference between students, lack of motivation and the need for school administration if based on democratic management.