DROPOUT AND PERMANENCY IN DISTANCE LEARNING: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE PERMANENCY OF STUDENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL COURSE OF THE REDE E-TEC / IFTO

Abstract

This case study had as object a technical course offered in distance by IFTO / Rede e-Tec Brasil, in the distance education centers of Araguatins, Colinas do Tocantins, Palmas and Porto Nacional in the State of Tocantins. The objective was to know the profile of the graduating students and the factors that contributed to the permanency in the course. A questionnaire  was applied and sought identify characteristics of the researched population and it also factors that have contributed to the permanency in the course. The results showed that the studied group profile is mostly female and it is between twenty-six and forty years old, the most people characterized themselves as brown and with the family income of less than one to two minimum wages. The results also pointed the methodology of the classes and evaluations in distance education, as well as the education centers’ action were statistically significant for the decision of permanency in the course.