RELAÇÃO ENTRE OS CURSOS SUPERIORES DO INSTITUTO FEDERAL GOIANO – CAMPUS IPORÁ COM OS SETORES PRODUTIVOS LOCAIS

Abstract

The vast Brazilian territory inherently brings the challenge of jointly promoting the development of regions with distinct historical and geographical features. Given such diversity, the public administration at different levels is naturally led to stimulate the evolvement of local productive sectors, while keeping the particular characteristics from each region and society as the main guides towards this goal. In this work, we seek to emphasize the role to be played by the Higher Education Institutions within this process. In particular, we will scrutinize the current and future potential actions from the recently implemented unity of the Goiano Feral Institute (GFI) at the city of Ipora, located at the central meso-region of the Goias state. In order to achieve our goals, we have been seeking to establish whether or not the integration of the GFI campus in Ipora has been so far successful, mainly regarding the society and the particular requirements and characteristics of the region. In a first moment, we have performed a bibliographic research aiming to expose the relevant concepts that led to the implementation of the Federal Institutes as a tool for expansion of academic activities throughout the Brazilian territory. Then, we have analyzed the regulations that guided the conception of such institutes. Here, we seek to comprehend the goals, duties and values that direct their actions, especially from GFI. Sequentially, we have described the geographic and historic contexts from the state of Goias mainly focusing on Ipora´s micro-region. We have also used information from several databases, aiming to contextualize the current socio-economic situation of these territories and depict the potential tasks to be accomplished by GFI towards the regional development. In the step of the work, we have applied questionnaires to the graduates from Ipora´s GFI. By analyzing data collected from graduates from the years of 2015, 2016 and 2017, it was possible to establish a relation between their study area and the productive framework of the region. Especially, we have investigated if the newly formed professionals are inserted in the regional context and demands. Based on data collected either by bibliographic research or by questionnaires application, we can notice that Ipora´s GFI has been playing a relevant role in terms of integrating and bringing benefits to the region. The institution has been offering curses in different levels, which aim to train professionals that are scarce in the region. Additionally, the institution has promoted several extension and research projects. However, the socioeconomic development in the region has shown to be in a slower rhythm as compared to GFI itself. As a consequence, a considerable percentage of graduates are not incorporated in the labor market and are led to work in distinct areas, leave Iporá´s region and even face unemployment.