O processo de seleção de alunos para o ensino agrícola como política de inclusão: uma análise da experiência do Campus Vitória de Santo Antão do Instituto Federal de Pernambuco

Abstract

The present work is the result of a survey conducted the Campus Vitoria de Santo Antão of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco. Our research aimed to analyze whether the current selection process of students conducted by the Campus Vitoria de Santo Antão constitutes a policy of inclusion. In recent years, initiatives are being taken to allow access to education and ensure the permanence at school of the poor and offering them a quality education from early childhood education to higher education. The Campus Vitoria de Santo Antão of the Federal Institute of Pernambuco proposed, in 2006, changes in its selection process with the intention of promoting social inclusion on the new directions taken by the Vocational Education, to democratize access to their courses and bring inside the rural population for which the Agrotechnical Schools were created. We used as instruments for data collection interviews, questionnaires, surveys of documentary and bibliography material, with the main subject of the graduates of that course of Agricultural Campus in 2010 in order to identify the reasons that led them to choose the school and intended course. We interviewed, too, the servers involved in the various selection processes to understand how was being understood and applied the concept of social inclusion in different stages of the selection process of the school. We also performed a reading of literature pertinent to the dissertation topic, so we can contextualize our work and theoretical basis. The results showed us that are possible make a different selection process of the traditional college entrance exam, and thus enable the entry of young people from disadvantaged sections, giving them access to quality education and ensuring their stay in school. We recognize that the initiative and management support are essential to a proposal for a paradigm shift in access to quality public education, that is not based only on the valuation of purely cognitive aspects. The testimony of servers and show students the positive view that the school community have the selection process, while they show suggestions and comments for its improvement. We expect, with this work, collaborate on understanding the issues related to the selection test theme for admission of students in public schools, at a time of redefinition, the lack of extensive discussion and consensus of the effectiveness of these processes in the democratization of access and social inclusion. We believe that even without the intention to generalization, the results obtained in this study may serve as a reference for other education institutions looking to implement policies and actions for Social Inclusion