As causas de evasão nos cursos de licenciatura em ciências biológicas e química do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciências e Tecnologia do Amazonas – Campus Manaus Centro.

Abstract

The school dropout rate in higher education is a recurring issue that bothers education professionals. Given this reality, this study seeks answers to identify the main reasons and factors that lead students of university courses Degrees in Chemistry and Life Sciences to be part of the dropout statistics of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas. Specific objectives delimit to identify the number of dropout students in degree courses in Chemistry and Biology from its inception until 2012, analyze the data and information collected in interviews and questionnaires and detect which variables can be contributing to the phenomenon of avoidance of courses. To carry out this study, we chose an exploratory descriptive research in a qualitative approach. The research allowed to observe the course for dropout numbers are different: Degree in Biological Sciences with 41%; Degree in Chemistry with 46%. The average dropout rate is 43.5%. The first half concentrates the largest evasions. The dropout rate is decreasing as the students progress through the course. As this is the first study in degree courses and Biological Sciences and Chemistry and analyzed the courses since its inception until the year 2012, it was not possible to make comparisons possible on the contents.