A Política de Assistência Estudantil do Instituto Federal do Ceará do Campus de Tauá

Abstract

This article aims to present the analysis of the student assistance policy of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará (IFCE) from the perception of the students of the integrated technical courses on the Tauá campus. Such problematization is part of the master's research carried out from November 2018 to September 2019. The study, of a qualitative nature, was carried out through documentary, bibliographic and field research, where the objective was to apprehend the students' perception about IFCE's student assistance policy, as well as whether that policy contributes and how it contributes to training, permanence and academic success and also to evaluate the policy and the performance of the professionals of the team that operates it. As techniques of data collection in the field research, the questionnaire was used, to outline the profile of the student of the IFCE campus Tauá and the focus group technique with the students of the integrated technical courses, counting on the representation of the five existing classes in the institution. We emphasize that the perceptions presented by the students about IFCE's student assistance policy are consistent with the essence of this policy, namely, to develop programs, projects and actions that contribute to the integral and integrated development of the student, starting from understanding of the subject in its entirety, respecting their trajectories and realities and seeking to meet their needs.