Programa Permanência e Êxito do IFFar: uma análise das ações

Abstract

Historically, school dropout is on the list of problems faced by Brazilian education. In Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (EPT), this reality is no different, besides several studies have pointed out the main factors that lead to this student dropout. In this sense, to overcome or mitigate the causes that lead to evasion and retention, since 2013, from an audit work of the Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), with Institutos Federais de Educação (IFs), which culminated in the issuance of Judgment No. 506/2013, several actions are being taken within the Rede Federal de Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (RFEPT), especially with the IFs, to strengthen the studentschool relationship, ensuring the permanence and success of these young people during their formative journey. Given this context, this research work is part of the discussions about the strengthening of EPT and aims to study the Planos Estratégicos de Permanência e Êxito developed by the IFs, focusing on the Programa de Permanência e Êxito (PPE) of the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Farroupilha (IFFar), to analyze the actions focused on its construction and implementation. The research is qualitative and quantitative, with documentary and bibliographic research, which resulted in the preparation of two manuscripts. The first, a brief presentation of the Planos Estratégicos developed and implemented by the Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (IFs) of Brazil was presented, seeking to relate what was recommended by SETEC and what was built. From this study, it was concluded that most FIs have approved and published their strategic plans or programs, more precisely 28 of them, with most of them completed by the year 2016. It was also confirmed that most of the approved plans or programs strictly followed the instructions recommended by SETEC, through the Guidance Document, which resulted in extensive and not very feasible plans or programs. The second manuscript, on the other hand, dealt specifically with IFFar's PPE, to analyze the potentialities and weaknesses of its construction and implementation. As conclusions of this writing, it was identified that among the potentialities are the articulation, awareness, and institutional efficiency about the effectiveness of the program at the time and that, among the weaknesses, these in greater number, it is evident the lack of basic institutional conceptualizations and understandings; goals or expected results; review and update deadlines and, also, methods for monitoring and evaluation of the proposed actions. From this, it was concluded, finally, that the PPE needs revision and updating. From the analysis of the collected data and the results obtained by the manuscripts, an educational product was elaborated, whose proposal is a Guide of possibilities for updating the PPE, with emphasis on monitoring and evaluation. As final considerations, the present study highlights the importance of the existence and maintenance of Institutional Plans or Programs aimed at the permanence and success of students, to strengthen the Institutions and the EPT Network.