Contribuição do Programa de Aprendizagem do SENAR-PR na profissionalização dos jovens no meio rural

Abstract

Country education is important for sustainable rural development because it links human formation with production. Therefore, developing young people with the necessary skills for a good quality of life and with professionalization is an option that can contribute to sustainable development in rural areas. Thus, there is a need to train professionals capable of building knowledge that enables the resolution of the most urgent issues in the environmental and productive context. Thus, this dissertation sought to evaluate the contribution of the SENAR-PR Apprenticeship Program in the professionalization of rural youth. The work was structured in two chapters. In the first, which deals with Vocational Education in Rural Areas, a qualitative bibliographic search was made to study and understand the aspects and particularities of vocational education in rural areas. The second describes the contribution that the AAJ Program has made to the development of the personal and professional competences of rural youth. To this end, an exploratory research was applied, with a cross-section between the years 2010 and 2019, without considering the evolution of data over time. The audience reached by the survey was 326 young people. The research instrument was a questionnaire with 28 questions. The data were treated by percentage for the questions with an option scale. For open questions, the treatment was based on content analysis, using a qualitative approach. The results elucidated that the SENARPR learning program has contributed to the professional training of young people, however, that there are some bottlenecks. The employability of young people after the end of the program specifically in the area of course training is low and some companies offer the AAJ only to comply with the legislation. It is noteworthy that the methodology used to apply the contents during the AAJ, developed the personal and professional skills.