Trajectory of youth and adult education: national and state political perspectives and history

Abstract

Youth and Adult Education - EJA, outlined in this research, presents perspectives and historical data nationally in Brazil and statewide in Paraná. It emerges, through the bibliographical review, as a qualitative methodological procedure in this article, that illiteracy is extremely high in our country and is far from being an object of concern for public policies. The causes for such high rates are multifactorial. They are explained by the low socioeconomic conditions of families that make access to school difficult and, when inside, their stay, permeates the intrinsic problems of the school structure itself, such as lack of places and distance from the school and ending with poor teaching qualifications, inadequate curricula, excessive programs, inadequate schedules and precarious facilities. The idea of continuing education is also aimed at EJA, as it is aimed at young, adult and elderly people, who have not had their study needs met at the appropriate time.