Dilemas enfrentados pelos estudantes convênio de graduação dos países africanos de língua oficial portuguesa : diagnóstico para a identificação de eixos de atuação em Belo Horizonte

Abstract

This monograph aimed to identify, from the preparation of a diagnosis, the dilemmas faced by students from Portuguese-speaking African countries, entered in the context of the student Agreement Program of graduation (PEC-G), whose proposal is to provide higher education to young people from countries with which Brazil holds bilateral agreements of cooperation in the educational, cultural and technological fields. From a theoretical approach that includes discussions about higher education, enabled a focus on affirmative policies, considering the integration of Africans in the Brazilian educational system as an assertion of rights. Brazil-Africa relations were also covered, bringing new discussions about the process of international cooperation among these people, plus a brief explanation of the process of inclusion of Africans in Brazil. The data were obtained through the application of questionnaires with students of the reference selected countries between 2008 and 2012, to institutions of higher education of Belo Horizonte. The process of elaboration of this monograph has an analysis of some topics: profile of students, educational, economic, social aspects, the PEC-G by students-Covenant, as well as integration with the city. The results point to a need for adequacy of program to make not only an education with higher quality, but also a permanence in the country that is positive in these young professional and personal training.