Possibilidades e desafios para o desenvolvimento da educação para jovens e adultos no município de Lavras, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Education for Young People and Adults, better known as EJA, is a Brazilian educational system of the public network that provides education for those who did not have the opportunity to study at school age. The EJA is a policy that has been implemented by the public power with the objective of promoting a quality education for the youth, adult and elderly population, ensuring their entry and stay in school, guaranteeing them the necessary opportunities for the appropriation of reading and Of writing. The objective of this study was to analyze the possibilities and challenges for the development of youth and adult education in the view of students, teachers and coordinators of the EJA, based on a study carried out in the city of Lavras-MG, and demonstrate Its limits when this modality involves a set of different needs on the part of its users. That is, when this type of education depends on other public policies for its effectiveness. The specific objectives are to diagnose what the needs are for the improvement of the EJA offer and to find out what needs to be done to make EJA more accessible for all. Through bibliographic studies and interviews with teachers and students of the EJA, it was possible to conclude, in the present study, that the EJA depends on other public policies to make its effectiveness accessible to its users.