Seminar on Rural Education already has 350 registrants from 16 Brazilian states

Of the 100 rural schools that existed in 2002 in Brazil, 17 were closed. More than 1,2 million people were left without school or were forced to study in cities. The impacts of these transformations will be discussed at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) during the I International Seminar and the IV National Seminar on Studies and Research on Rural Education.

Data from 2014 show that among young people from more than 900 families who lived in one of the almost 9 settlements in Brazil, 16% were not literate; 42% only studied up to the old 4th grade; 27% completed elementary school; 7% completed part of high school and only 6% completed basic education. The lack of incentive and structure for education in the countryside justifies these numbers.
Professor Luiz Bezerra, professor at the Department of Education (DEd) at UFSCar, coordinator of the Study and Research Group on Rural Education (GEPEC) and the Institution's Land Pedagogy course, recalls that the fight for specific education for people living in rural areas dates back to the beginning of the 1990th century, but it was from the 40s onwards that it gained strength with the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST). "Social movements have been fighting for specific education. Today, XNUMX universities have degree courses in rural education", says Bezerra.
"Through the Seminar at UFSCar, we hope to contribute to the understanding of how public policies for rural education have developed in the face of class struggle, in the Brazilian and Latin American context", says José dos Santos Neto, researcher at GEPEC. The axes of discussion at the event are divided into Social Movements; Public policy; Marxism, Work and Human Training; Teaching Training and Work; School Administration and Management; Histories of School Institutions; Special education; Historical-critical pedagogy; and Trade Union Organization.
Educational policies for rural areas, under the general panorama of rural education in Brazil and Latin America, with emphasis on Cuba and Colombia, will be debated by experts and researchers between the 26th and 28th of July at the São Carlos Campus of UFSCar . To date, 189 works have been registered to be presented and, as of June 30, 350 people have registered as listeners. Registration comes from people from 16 different states in the country. Those interested in participating as listeners can register up until the day of the event via the website www.semgepec.ufscar.br.