Política de C&T e disparidades regionais no Brasil: razões para a consolidação das universidades públicas da Amazônia

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the need for expansion of public courses for higher education and consequently the increase in graduate school in the Amazon. The data presented are based on research by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), an agency within the Ministry of Education (MEC), the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform Amazon and major studies on the subject, among the authors, especially Martins (1986 ) that helps to think agrarian issue. The need for expansion of public higher education is evidenced by all indicators , ratified by the authorities and institutions of science and technology , and a sine qua non for the consolidation of public universities in the North. To demonstrate them, two groups of reasons can be listed: those who point to the reduction of regional disparities and to recognize the urgency of a response to the environmental and social impacts arising from the occupation of the recent socio- economic region.