A importância da educação de jovens e adultos na vida das pessoas negras

Abstract

This research discusses the importance of Youth and Adult Education for black people. Its objectives were to understand the difficulties encountered in the schooling process for black youth and adults and, considering the importance of discussing one of the biggest problems in Brazil, which is racism. The methodology of the work was bibliographical research by several authors, such as Cavalleiro (2013), Haddad and Di Pierro (2007), Gadotti (2013), Fernandes (2007), Haddad (1936) and Almeida (2019). In the first chapter “The history of racial issues in Brazil”, the historical panorama of Brazilian education was discussed, in which the racial issue is contextualized, addressing some of the main educational transformations. The second chapter “Education of young people and adults in Brazil” discussed the history of EJA, understanding how this modality was built in Brazil. Finally, in the third chapter, the importance of EJA in the lives of black people, it was possible to observe that racism in education manifests itself in different ways, in addition to showing the neglect regarding curricular training within the teaching-learning process, and public policies for students at this stage and who were denied the opportunity to finish their studies at a regular age, since it is the State's duty to guarantee quality education for all citizens. It is concluded that the Education of young people and adults has an extremely important meaning for society, especially for those people who were denied access to school or stopped studying at a certain point in childhood or adolescence for various.