A RELAÇÃO EDUCAÇÃO-TRABALHO: UM ESTUDO DOS EGRESSOS DE AGRONOMIA DO IF GOIANO – CAMPUS MORRINHOS

Abstract

The present research integrates the studies developed in the line of State Research, Policies and Educational Institutions of the Postgraduate Program in Education of the Pontifical University of Goiás. The objective that guided this study was to know and to interpret the relations between the formation in the course of Agronomy and the work of graduates of classes 2010 and 2011 IF Goiano - Morrinhos Campus, with a view to an analysis of public policies for higher education in Brazil. Considering that the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology prepare their students for entry into the labor market, it becomes important to know the reality of graduate students. Among the different courses offered by the research institution, what attracted the attention was the baccalaureate in Agronomy. This is because it meets the demand of much of Brazil, since the economy of the country, and especially of the Center-West region, is based on agricultural and livestock activities. The research problem can be described from the question: Did the higher education in agronomy interfere with the economic, social and professional life of the graduates of the 2010 and 2011 classes of the Goiano IF - Campus Morrinhos? As regards the methodology, was used a quantitave research, based on the method of dialectical historical materialism, to capture the real movement of thought, in order to understand the relationships between the parts and the whole, in view of the totality, the contradiction, the mode of production and the class struggle. It implies, therefore, to take the object of analysis as part of a historical totality that constitutes it, where the mediations between the field of particularity and its relation to a certain universality are established. To capture part of the reality, we used documentary and empirical research, as well as secondary data provided by the National Institute of Studies and Educational Research "Anísio Teixeira", by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, among others. In the empirical research, a questionnaire was applied with semi-structured questions, made available through the Survey Monkey tool. From the universe of 43 graduates of the two groups investigated, 40 participated in the research. The theoretical bases that guide this dissertation are supported by studies by Antunes (1999), Azevedo (1997, 2010), Bianchetti (2001), Bobbio (1982, 1987), Campos (2014), Carnoy (1990), Chauí (1980, 2004), Coutinho (1981, 1989), Durham (2006), Engels (1985), Fávero (2006), Freire (2003), Frigotto (1989), Gentili (1995), Ianni (1980), Marx (1983, 1989, 2004), Oliveira (2014), Paro (1997, 1999), Pinto (2010), Saviani (1991, 2007), among others. The results showed that 80% of the graduates who participated in the research are male and 20% female, reinforcing the male presence in the agronomist profession. The time elapsed between graduation and insertion in the labor market was less than 1 year for 59% of the respondents. The expectations of graduates regarding initial training and work were confirmed for most of the graduates, since 60% of the interviewees revealed that they are inserted in the job market and acting in the area of their training. The survey indicated that 65% of graduates had no income before graduation, and 30% reported receiving 1 to 2 minimum salaries. The economic aspect changed after completing the course for 18% of respondents. Considering that at the beginning of the course 65% of respondents reported not receiving any income, the differential for most of these subjects was the completion of the higher education course. Regarding continuing education, this study showed that 64% of respondents stated that they had invested in continuing education after completing their undergraduate course