Contra as correntes: condições de acesso e permanência de estudantes universitários egressos do Pré-Vestibular Popular Construção no Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze the conditions of access and permanence of university students who graduated from the Pre-Vestibular Popular Construção in Manguinhos-RJ. Based on historical and dialectical materialism, the study identified the struggles and political practices linked to the emergence and consolidation of Popular Pre-university entrance exams in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, in addition to demarcating the socioeconomic conditions of the territory of Manguinhos-RJ, as well as identifying the professional/personal expectations of the subjects after completing the course. We found that public education is under the logic of capital, committed to domesticating the working class to the expansion of capital accumulation, also not preparing them for intellectual work and for continuing studies at a higher level. We found that the Popular Pre-University Exams emerge demanding a socially referenced education and the democratization of access and permanence of the working class at public universities. We identified that Manguinhos-RJ is marked by the absence of public policies, having one of the worst HDI in the city of Rio de Janeiro. From the interviews, we observed that the access and permanence conditions of students from Manguinhos-RJ at the public university are unfavorable, due to the material living conditions, marked by social inequality. In summary, this research concluded that the public university is elite, appears with this profile and remains little permeated by the working class, even in the face of access and permanence policies implemented by PT governments.