Assistência estudantil: uma avaliação com foco no campus avançado Pedro Afonso do Instituto Federal do Tocantins

Abstract

This research deals with the process of evaluation of public policies applied at the Federal Institute of Tocantins (IFTO) under the Advanced Campus Pedro Afonso related to Technical Education College. In the first instance, discusses the characterization of Public Policy and the development of the Student Assistance Program in IFTO. The following analysis begins from a national trajectory directed to a specific territory, namely the scope of the Institute, the dynamics related to public policies and student assistance. Then, the methods of collection and analysis of data related to research are presented. The results showed a significant difference in regard to dropout rate, failure rate, attendance and academic performance among the group of students participating in the PNAES and the group of non-participants PNAES students. Subsequently, the characterization of the socioeconomic profile of the scholarship student was subjected to analysis of variance test. However this did not detect significant differences within this group of students in relation to criteria of attendance and school performance. Finally, as a product of this dissertation a diagnosis was presented with details of administrative procedures PNAES management under the Advanced Campus Pedro Afonso, in the form of appendix, containing proposals for maintenance and improvement of the program management in that instance.