Encceja na evasão escolar da EJA: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This study had the objective of identifying how the National Exam for the Certification of Youth Skills (ExameNacionalparaCertificação de Competências de Jovens, or ENCCEJA) contributes to the evasion of students of the Youth and Adult Education (Educação de Jovens e Adultos, or EJA) modality from the CyrinoLuiz de Azevedo State High School (EscolaEstadual de EnsinoMédioCyrinoLuiz de Azevedo). Due to the need of understanding the theory that involves the present subject, the following items were used for theoretical reference: the Youth and Adult Education (EJA), the ENCCEJA and its characteristics, and School Dropout in Brazil. Aiming to answer the objectives proposed in this study, the approach was qualitative, of exploratory and descriptive character, adopting the method of case study with participant observation. As sources of data collect, a quiz and observation were used, both performed in the classrooms with students of the EJA modality, as well as with the educators of the studied area and the secondary data made available by the High School secretary. The analysis of the data was performed through interpretative analysis. With the resulting analysis it was possible to identify that the causes of school dropout in the EJA modality are influenced by several factors, of social, economic and cultural nature, among others, as well as by the “competition” presented by the ENCCEJA modality, due to the fact that this exam makes it easier for the students to obtain the certification in the levels of conclusion pertaining to both elementary school and high school, thus contributing to yet another cause of drop out, for it was verified that the students that are approved in this modality will receive a certificate without finishing their classes in the EJA modality.