Percepção de egressos do programa PRONATEC (formação inicial e continuada) em Bagé de 2012 a 2016.

Abstract

This research analyzed the perception of graduates that studied in the modality of Initial and Continued Formation (FIC) about the effects of the public policy called National Access Program to Technical Education and Work – PRONATEC/BSM (Brazil WithoutExtreme Poverty) in their lives from 2012 to 2016 in the city of Bagé-RS. In this study, the PRONATEC is being understood from the perspective of the analysis of political policies as one of the most recent political policy in Professional Education. It takes into consideration the existing gap in the studies of Political Sciences that are directed to the Pronatec/BSM in the country, and the scarce researches that investigate the effects of this public policy in the life of the beneficiated subjects as a justification of the investigation. It notices the evaluation of the public policies as a form of social monitoring of the government´s actions. In relation to the methodology and objectives the research used a mixed method, combining qualitative and quantitative procedures to reach it´s goal, and as research techniques it used bibliographic revision, documental collection and analysis and application of semi-structured interviews of graduates of the PRONATEC courses. This research presents a discussion about the PRONATEC and the evaluation of public policies, weaving a historical synthesis about the professional qualification programs that precede the Pronatec. The research revealed that the graduates´ profile is made up by low income, catholic, self-declared white young women, with children, who have finished high school, and that at the time they were attending the courses, they were bolsa-família program beneficiaries. Through the analysis, it was possible to conclude that the program represented a real possibility of new learning experiences to the majority of these people. Their perceptions mix feelings of independence, self-esteem, dignity and hope of a better life. The analysis shows that 71% of the graduates are in the formal work market; where 32,25% continued their studies through the access to post-high school education (technical courses) or post-graduation and that 87% of the participants recognize that thePRONATEC/BSM-FIC collaborated with the changes that happened in their lives, being it through a work placement, the achievement of new positions or even through the opportunity of acquiring new knowledge, and this way contributing for them to feel prepared to face the challenges in the work related environment. The main contradictions and limits presented by the PRONATEC/BSM-FIC are about the discontinuity of the program, the valuing of the private education in detriment of the public education and the educational duality which is made up of a fragmented formation and therefore dissociated from the citizen in full exercise of their rights and citizenship.