Reconhecimento de saberes e certificação profissional em tecnologia do pescado: um estudo de caso do programa CERTIFIC no nordeste

Abstract

The program CERTIFIC ( Recognition of Knowledge and Initial and Continuing Training) is a public policy of social inclusion emerged from a joint partnership and the Ministry of Education ( MEC ) and the Ministry of Labour and Employment. In seeking to provide data to assist in decision making of managers of public education institutions that certify knowledge in the technology of fish , with getting a diagnosis of actions implemented this pilot project in Brazil, in the Northeast, this paper aims to assess the implementation and execution of the program CERTIFIC of fish technology, based on the CIPP model of Stufflebeam. The theoretical framework discusses the evolution of professional education and CERTIFIC program, in addition to presenting the different evaluative conceptions of government programs, emphasizing the method of evaluation of programs defined by Daniel Stufflebeam , called CIPP ( Context, Input, Process and Product ). Then presents initiatives reviews of government programs in the country. This is a qualitative and empirical research , exploratory, case study type. The subjects are informal workers, teachers and administrators involved in the program , established through intentional and non- probability sampling. The results show that there is a need for professional certification in the profile of the fish technology and that agreements and partnerships between institutions concluded in full, were not met. Also diagnosed that the program does not contribute effectively to the increased schooling and continuation. Despite the difficulties faced during implementation of the program the results were positive, it took workers informality and promoted the recognition of their knowledge through certification. The greatest difficulties were identified in relation to financial resources, infrastructure and partnerships. Furthermore, it was noted that in relation to the context, the three locations have the appropriate method of implementing the proposal, reinforced the participants' responses statement listing, as they recognize the need for professional certification in fish technology in the region. It appears, therefore, that the results can assist in making decisions by managers, however, it is necessary to intensify the studies in this area.