Formação técnica de nível médio, inserção no mundo do trabalho e ingresso no ensino superior: intervenção em Instituição Federal de Educação Profissional e Tecnológica

Abstract

There is a hope that Technological and Professional Education graduates will continue their studies in the same area or be inserted into the world of work. With this, it is possible to demonstrate the aims proposed by the specificity of the technical courses. Thus, a graduate’s follow-up is essential as it permits an understanding of formation and employability aspects under this public optic. This research aimed to know the trajectory of graduates from the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology on the Cocal campus and develop strategies to collaborate with students’ graduation for insertion in the world of work and college admission. For this, graduate students from professional technical education in high school-level courses in Agriculture and Administration concluded their studies in 2017. It was field research, and its nature is quantitative and qualitative. Data were collected through the application of a questionnaire with objective and subjective questions. Results showed a representative number of graduates enrolled in higher education and working in jobs in the same area as the high school graduation course. This result can corroborate the choice for the area of graduation in high school as a choice by affinity. Besides, research participants mentioned the relevance of practical approaches during the graduation process, contributing to better performance at work. We noticed that the local job environment had absorbed many technicians in the Administration and Agriculture areas. All these data were used to develop an educational product valuable to the graduation process of the current students, presenting information about higher education studies and job possibilities. The educational product is a requirement of the Post-graduation Course in Technological and Professional Education (PROFEPT). It is characterized as a circuit of activities aimed at secondary technical professional education students in Agriculture and Administration. We hope that this educational product could collaborate in the graduation process of these students regarding their work world insertion and college education, besides the contribution to students’ integral education.