INFLUENCE OF EMERGENCY REMOTE EDUCATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE FACE OF THE PHENOMENON OF EVASION: A STUDY IN IFPB - CAMPUS PATOS

Abstract

Goal: Analyze the factors that affected university dropout rates in the Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering at the Federal Institute of Paraíba (IFPB) - Campus Patos, in view of the emergency remote teaching caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design | Methodology | Approach: This study is characterized as exploratory-descriptive (according to its most general objectives), with a quantitative approach, and has as object of study the course of Civil Engineering of IFPB - Campus Patos and as target audience the students evaded from the previously mentioned campus. Direct data collection (through personal and academic data through IFPB academic coordination) and indirect data collection (via Google Forms instrument) were performed. Finally, it was possible to statistically treat these data using the statistical software SPSS (16th version). Results: The pandemic process intensified the rates of university dropouts that were already in an alarming state. Even with the adoption of remote teaching, this did not reach the entire community, nor with adequate quality. In the engineering course analyzed by this study, a university dropout rate was found, considering the period of remote classes, of approximately 38%. Several factors are behind this issue, such as the social inequalities generated by the pandemic, as well as personal and institutional factors that pushed students to drop out of their course. Originality | Value: This study is a pioneer in IFPB in the face of the challenges already faced by university evasion. Following this bias, it is demonstrated the urgency of taking measures that mitigate the consequences generated for the most vulnerable affected public.