A Implantação do Instituto Federal do Ceará em Acaraú e suas Repercussões no Desenvolvimento Local

Abstract

he Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (EPCT) is a public policy established by Law 11.892 of December 29, 2008which createdthe Federal Institutes. Among the programs and actions developed by Ministry of Education (MEC) tosupport this policyin the country, highlights the expansion ofthe EPCT network wich acts as an engine for the incrementof this educational offerin order to train mid-level technicians and educateteachers in several Brazilian municipalities, internalizing and impacting local and regional development.In the face of the current Brazilian economical crisis and the change of government,with its measures of political reorganization and fiscal austerity that threaten the expansion of the EPCT, this research aims to evaluate the relevance of this public policy for local development.Therefore, the object of the research is the evaluation of the economical, social and cultural repercussions,notably regarding the development of the municipality of Acaraú / CE, from the introduction of the Instituto Federal do Ceará (IFCE)in that city,in the year of 2010.The evaluation methodologywas based on the Depth Assessment proposed by Rodrigues (2008), Gonçalves (2008) and Gussi (2008),using qualitative research supported by quantitative data as a methodological design.Thus, we analyzed the content of the policy, its formulation context, as well as the socioeconomic and cultural indicators obtained in a time-spaceperspective in the city of Acaraú.At the end of this paper we highlight the main contributions of the Federal Institute's referred unit in the local development processand its repercussions on the lives of the persons affected,directly or indirectly,by policy under study, showing results,limitations and scope of this policy in that city.