Evasão escolar: uma difícil realidade da educação de jovens e adultos na escola municipal de ensino fundamental e EJA monsenhor João Coutinho

Abstract

This final project aims to do an analysis and reflection on truancy on youth and adult education (EJA), of the Municipal School of basic education and EJA Monsignor João Coutinho, based on the rationale that if observed a considerable number of circumvention in this school of João Pessoa. The work is based on theoretical foundations of authors such as: (FREIRE, 1987); (PATTO, 1996); (ARROYO, 1991); (MARK, 2009). According to the records obtained by the school for the past three years, the number of students enrolled in the EJA 404 era (404) students, of these, 199 (199) escaped and 41 students (41) failed. From this arises the following sampling problem: what are the causes of dropout and repetition in cycles of adult and youth education in this institution? To respond to the problem, the work aims to know the reasons that lead the students to leave the school, from the perception of students and teachers of the institution. We opted for a qualitative approach without despising quantitative data. For collection of the information was held for observation, interviews and questionnaires to teachers, students and the principal of the school. As regards the results harvested one realizes that most of the students had no opportunity to give continuity to the studies, by the fact that some had to work early, and in the period in which they should devote themselves to studies was necessary to help the family support, the fatigue factor, violence, motivation, family and learning at school also made these evadissem school students.