Juventudes: interfaces entre educação e trabalho no programa Auxílio Permanência da Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Abstract

This dissertation presents considerations and results from qualitative-quantitative research on the Permanent Residency Program (PAP) at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), Campus University of Palmas, located in the Municipality of Palmas, capital of the State of Tocantins. It was sought to understand the expectations of the young beneficiaries of the program in relation to the themes of education and work. Education and work are the main pursuits of youth, as evidenced by the 2008, 2011 and 2015 National Youth Conferences. However, many young people do not have access to university, others find it difficult to stay because of socioeconomic conditions. In this sense, student assistance, through support of basic conditions such as stay, food and housing assistance, acts in the prevention of evasion and retention cases. Based on these assumptions, the PAP, through resources from the National Program of Student Assistance (PNAES) provides support to UFT students, but has encountered many challenges, since UFT is located in the Northern Region of the country, where of 70% of the students of the Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) present low economic conditions (FONAPRACE, 2016). The results of this research confirm this information, pointing out that the young beneficiaries of the PAP have increasingly sought student assistance, but due to the high percentage of students in the condition of social vulnerability and the disproportionality of resources for this purpose, many are not contemplated with the aid and end up evading the university.