Índices de evasão do Curso de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba no período entre 2019 e 2023

Abstract

In 2020, Brazil and the world faced a pandemic caused by Covid-19, which resulted in the change, absence or abstention from many routine activities and with education it would be no different. With the closure of institutions, remote classes, returns and departures from the institutions' host cities, there was a decrease in the flow of students across the country. Students abandoned their courses for reasons such as having to stay at home to take care of their parents and other family members, or having to look for a job, even if remote, to help and/or keep the household's finances in order, due to the negligence of authorities who they did not know how and when to take appropriate measures, for these and other reasons, evasion became visible to all eyes, while it is of utmost importance that we understand and quantify how harmful this pandemic was for higher education, at UFPB, in Paraíba, in Brazil and around the world. The main objective of this work was to find the dropout rates in the Biological Sciences Course, in person, at UFPB campus I in the period between 2019 and 2023. In order to achieve this objective, statistical analyzes of data obtained were carried out. through the institution's Integrated Management and Activities System, SIGAA. The results indicate that dropout rates were higher among men than among women, of the academic degree modalities, the bachelor's degree was the one that had the most students dropping out and among the degrees in both shifts the dropout rate was practically the same. In all categories analyzed, 2022 stands out with higher dropout rates and could therefore be associated with the negative influence of the pandemic on students.