Educação Profissional e evasão escolar em contexto: Motivos e reflexões

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the causes of dropout in the first period of a technical course of CEFET/RJ, Petrópolis Unit. The study sought not only to identify the factors directly signaled by former students as abandonment causes, but to understand the relationships between the various elements present in their speeches. The research, which involved desk and field research, took the form of a case study and was a qualitative study that employed the strategy of content analysis for treating the material, collected via slightly open interviews. The results show causes of evasion related to the following categories: gaps in choosing the course; school factors; personal difficulties; influence of friends; opportunities and institutional and/or governmental disinterest.