CEFET/IFSUL: a implantação e estruturação de uma instituição de ensino público federal em Passo Fundo (2006-2009)

Abstract

This dissertation discusses the implementation and consolidation of the Federal Institute South Rio Grande in Passo Fundo, in the period between 2006 and 2009. The Federal Institute South Rio Grande is linked to the Federal Institute of Pelotas, and offers mid-level courses , higher and postgraduate. the paper problematizes this educational institution for the region and the local community and is based on the assumption that the installation of a federal education institution was a regional political demand contemplated by the Government within the project of expansion of federal education network technology; which met in this respect, the local demand for skilled labor. In this perspective, we analyze the news published in the local press, with the central focus on the installation and consolidation of CEFET / IFSUL and resorts to the memories of those involved in this process. During the research, it became clear that the demand for this educational institution was a political act and demand of a particular social group more than the community at large. Based on these indicative and since there was still no specific study on this subject, also emphasized that the study leveraged some clarification on the role of this educational institution for the region, trying to find and expose the needs of a IFET in Passo Fundo from elements such as the educational system and historiographical aspects of the city. In this sense, it was also analyzed some of the history of education in relation to its importance to the industrialization of Brazil, as well as the training of professionals. However, there is to analyze the history of IF deployment in Passo Fundo through reflections and memories of the subjects who participated in this process and reports in the local press, enabled us to understand the process in a broader perspective, souvenirs, representations and reflections on the meaning that this institution has for some subjects and for the region.