The research aimed to study the trajectory of former high school students of a Technical Course in Metallurgy in the Professional youth and adult education (Eja/ Proeja) Program at Ifes, Vitória, observing their entrance in the workforce. Thus, the job positions and theactual contributions that the course has brought to the lives of these students were analyzed. Socio historical research based on Marxian principles, Gramisciniano, Freirian among other authors. This qualitative case study used a variety of instruments of data collection: document analysis, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The subjects of this study were 28 former high school students of the technical course in Mettalurgy, one teacher from the technical area, two schoolmasters and Proeja s coordinator, from 2003 to 2011. In the data analysis, by crossing the data from the questionnaires and interviews, it was possible to identify that the Proeja s former students improved substantially their quality of life after finishing the course and entering into the workforce. Some former students, around 30%, are technicians showing the valuing in their profession. Others seek the valuing of their profession, as we found that some of them are restricted to work as equipment operators, as business employees, etc. Therefore, former students recognize that its technical course metallurgy has given them entry into the workforce and contributed to improving their quality of life, motivating them to continue their studies in the undergraduate education. The challenge for Ifes is to recognize working students as subjects who have rights, among them, it is the right to have access to an education that relates their knowledge built into the social and cultural practices with the knowledge related to their working field. Thus, the former students inclusion in the workforce is something broader, since it involves searching and reflections for decent work and emancipator, creative, in the ontological sense of human being
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