A atuação do Núcleo de Atendimento ás Pessoas com Necessidades Educacionais Específicas (NAPNE): Percepções dos acadêmicos de Biologia do IFPI – Campus São João do Piauí

Abstract

The Núcleo de Atendimento às Pessoas com Necessidades Educacionais Específicas (NAPNE) plays a significant role in promoting the quality of inclusion within the Federal Education Networks. It's important to note that NAPNE faces a number of structural, functional and training challenges in order to guarantee success in terms of students' access to and permanence at school, promoting the actions needed to avoid any manifestations contrary to the inclusive proposal. In this sense, the purpose of this research is to analyse the perceptions of students on the Biological Sciences degree course about the work of NAPNE - IFPI - São João do Piauí campus in the inclusion of students with specific educational needs and in teacher training. This is a basic, qualitative-quantitative and exploratory study involving 79 academics. A questionnaire with ten questions was used to collect the data, three of which were about the profile of the participants and seven related to the Núcleo de Atendimento às Pessoas com Necessidades Educacionais Específicas. The data was processed using an Excel spreadsheet. For the data analysis, the undergraduates' answers were organized into categories. In this context, the research points to the need to strengthen NAPNE's inclusive actions and policies so that they are more visible to the internal and external community of the IFPI - São João do Piauí campus. The biology students' perceptions of NAPNE therefore highlight the importance of this institution for educational inclusion to actually happen. This contributes to improvements and opportunities for continuous enhancement, in order to maintain an open, collaborative dialog focused on commitment to a truly inclusive and accessible academic community for all.