Transporte escolar: acesso e permanência dos alunos de escolas rurais e de tempo integral em Carmo do Paranaíba/MG

Abstract

The present dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master's in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Evaluation of Education at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). School and the access and permanence of students residing in rural areas in schools that offer full-time education. The research used the management case study as a methodology, in which we analyzed data that demonstrate the absence of enrollments of students residing in rural areas in schools that offer full-time education where school transport is offered in a single shift, morning or afternoon. The research question of this dissertation emerged from the first stage of the case study: the access and permanence of students residing in rural areas in full-time education. To answer it, the general objective was defined: to investigate the relationship between school transport and the access of students living in rural areas to full-time education offered by public schools of the state education network located in the municipality of Carmo do Paranaíba / MG, under the jurisdiction of the SEE/Regional Superintendence of Patos de Minas. To achieve this general objective, we set specific objectives: a) to identify and analyze the investments of public resources destined to school transport; b) know the social demands for school transport and identify whether the resources destined to transport students are sufficient to meet this demand; c) analyze the impact of transport on the implementation of educational projects and programs aimed at improving the quality of public education; d) investigate whether school transport influences students' access to full-time education; e) propose an Action Plan for the problems diagnosed in carrying out this research. This is a qualitative research, with contribution to the analysis and systematization of quantitative data, document analysis, literature review in the area and semi-structured interviews with educational managers from the public network studied. It is expected to contribute to the proposition of an Educational Action Plan that can improve the way students remain in schools.