EVALUATION OF STUDENT ASSISTANCE AND PERMANENCE OF RACIAL QUOTE STUDENTS IN THE INTEGRATED TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF THE FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF MINAS GERAIS - GOVERNADOR VALADARES CAMPUS

Abstract

Studies that assess the impact of student assistance in ensuring student permanence are important, as they demonstrate how effective are this policy. When this analysis is carried out with racial quota students as a specific audience, it becomes even more relevant, as these students, in their life trajectory, suffer with the racism effects, which often prevent them from ascending socially and from occupying spaces socially valued, mostly occupied by white people. The research aimed to understand the impact that student assistance has on the permanence and educational training of racial quota students at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG), Governador Valadares Campus. It had as a target audience the racial quota students in the second and third years of integrated technical high school. It was a qualitative and exploratory research, whose data collection instruments were document analysis, questionnaire and interview. This study showed that, besides ensuring the entrance of black students into the educational institution, it is also necessary to guarantee them the possibility of staying in the institution until the conclusion of their course. The data presented in the article demonstrate that student assistance helps in this process.