O Jovem trabalhador em confecções e o ensino superior: desafio para as políticas públicas no aglomerado do Agreste / PE e Cariri / PB.

Abstract

Historically, higher education has been serving elite of society. Notwithstanding in the last few years it has been opened to lower layers of population, it still needs more funds, because most of people does not go to college yet. In this perspective, this work goals to assess if the young people who works for textile industry at Pernambuco s agreste and Paraíba s backwoods (Cariri) are joining higher education. The research is needed due to the lack of studies that focus public policy to the youth at those areas. Thus, it is academically and socially relevant, because it can base new projects that promote a fairer and more inclusive development to these segments. Qualitative research was chosen as methodology. Because we will not be only attached to data, but to continuous interpretation of reality. Triangulation technique was also used, that according to Triviños, it focus subjects, the environment and the system in which youth is inserted. We spotted a percentage of youth people joining public and private universities, however, they look for different areas of knowledge from those they already work at and there are public education offered at Caruaru it is due to the possibility of new job opportunities, often moving from their hometown to Paraíba, where there are more diversified offer of courses. Plus, most of the courses linked with textile industry that are taken at Pernambuco agreste, happens at day shift, and most of the young interviewed does not have information about them. We also verified that many young judge do not be necessary higher education to work at textile industry, and they rather chose technical education, frequently often by SENAI, city halls, and private sectors. In this context, PRONATEC of IFPE-Caruaru, which could supply this demand, does not offer any course facing this economic potential. Therefore, public policy to the youth must be projected from the effective participation of these subjects, because only this way it can contribute for less excluding process.