A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DO SERVIÇO SOCIAL NA EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS: Uma Experiência no Instituto Federal da Paraíba – Campus João Pessoa

Abstract

Bearing in mind that the contribution of Social Work in Youth and Adult Education can directly or indirectly impact the reality of students, bringing students access to Educational Policy and Student Assistance and, consequently, the implementation of these policies for student permanence in the education, the present study deals with the contribution of Social Work in Youth and Adult Education, aimed at those who did not have access or, for some reason, did not complete their studies at a regular age. Usually young people and adults who had to give up their studies to work or take on other obligations. In order to analyze the contribution of Social Work in Youth and Adult Education, it was necessary to investigate the trajectory of Youth and Adult Education in Brazil, starting with the Federal Constitution of 1988, apprehend the importance of Social Work and report the supervised internship experience at the Federal Institute of Paraíba - Campus João Pessoa, from February 1, 2019 to September 26, 2019. A bibliographic and documentary research was then carried out, with a qualitative approach, where it was possible conclude that Social Work contributes to EJA, legitimizing its importance in guaranteeing and consolidating education as a social right, preparing and executing projects, as an agent that helps in training for the exercise of citizenship and critical awareness of this public.