Affirmative actions for admission to the Triângulo Mineiro Federal Institute: a case analysis of technical courses on Campus Uberlândia

Abstract

In view of the various discussions on combating ethnic, racial, religious, gender and many other discriminations present in Brazilian society, in 2012 one of the main affirmative actions in the educational sphere was started, through Law 12.711, of August 29 of the same year. This policy intends to ensure the participation of students from public schools, from disadvantaged families with low income, self-declared black, brown or indigenous or with disabilities in universities or federal institutes. Therefore, this article was constructed as a result of researches carried out for a Doctoral thesis in Education at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) along with the Professional Master's Degree in Technological Education at the Federal Institute of Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM). The study aimed to analyze, from the perspective of Law 12.711/2012, the admission policy implemented by the IFTM Campus Uberlândia in the last 5 years, from 2016 to 2020. Percentages related to the 4 technical courses integrated to high school were analyzed, for being the courses that bring together the largest number of places offered by the institution. Supported by a bibliographical and documentary research, it was possible to illustrate the case of the IFTM Campus Uberlândia, which as a Higher Education Institution (HEI) works to promote education from the perspective of an inclusive and democratic society.