STUDY ON PROFESSORS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT THE FACTORS OF DROPOUT AT AN INTEGRATED TECHNICAL BRAZILIAN SCHOOL

Abstract

The high rate of school dropout is the subject of debate and educational public policies. The PNUD-2013 report reveals that Brazil, compared to the 100 countries with the highest Human Development Index, presents a rate of 24.3% related to dropping out of school, ranking 85th. Due to this reality, school dropout has become a phenomenon by several researchers. This study sought to observe the teachers' perception of 04 technical courses about the school dropout rate at a federal public-school system. We applied a qualitative and quantitative approach. In total, 12 coordinators / teachers of the courses were interviewed using data collection instrument. The results showed their current opinion about the occurrence of this phenomenon is that it is promoted as a function of the socioeconomic condition and cultural context in which the student is inserted. The data analysis indicates that the revitalization of the curriculum and the implementation of a school reinforcement system can effectively contribute to the mitigation of school dropout in the researched school.

Keywords

• Federal public-school system
• dropout rate
• teachers.