Avaliação da política pública de habitação no Município de Aquiraz (CE): entre as condições de moradia e o desempenho escolar, à luz de Quarto de despejo: diário de uma favelada, de Carolina Maria de Jesus

Abstract

The general objective of this research for the Professional Master's Degree in Public Policy Evaluation at the Federal University of Ceará (MAPP/UFC) was to evaluate the effects of the fragility of public housing policy on the school performance of students living in inadequate housing in the municipality of Aquiraz (CE). The specific objectives were to characterize the housing conditions of students from the village of Gaipó (Aquiraz, CE), and their school and family experiences; to relate housing conditions and school performance in the light of the students' reality; to evaluate the Social Rent Program (PAS) in the light of the research results, given the lack of effective housing policies in the village of Gaipó. The research is bibliographical, documentary and field-based, with a qualitative approach, based on In-Depth Evaluation (Rodrigues, 2008, 2016) and Historical-Critical Pedagogy (Saviani, 2021; (Saviani; Duarte, 2021).In the field, semi-structured interviews were carried out with six interlocutors, five students and the pedagogical coordinator of the school where they study. Among them, three are in the 8th grade and two in the 9th grade, all living in the village of Gaipó, of both sexes and different ages. It was found that inadequate housing has a direct impact on school performance, as they are unable to sleep peacefully at night and are consequently unwell during the day for schoolwork, in addition to environments that are unsuitable for concentration and a study routine. This relationship between inadequate housing and school performance found in the countryside was based on studies by Kohara (2009), Alves; Meda (2018), Saviani (2021b), Saviani; Duarte (2021), among others. Finally, given this scenario, it is necessary to improve public housing policies on a permanent basis for the villages furthest from the center of Aquiraz, such as Gaipó.