EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA NO ENSINO SUPERIOR: análise de políticas educacionais para a pessoa com deficiência na Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Abstract

Education is an important public policy that must be extended to all people. It is emphasized that inclusive education contemplates, among other social segments, the person with deficiency, not restricted to basic training, but must be extended to the upper level. To be effective, it is necessary to guarantee inclusive educational policies designed to this end. This present research approaches inclusive education in higher education with the analysis of the educational policies for people with deficiency at the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA). The objective was to analyze how inclusive educational policies for the person with deficiency are being constructed in UFMA. This is a bibliographical and documental research, with quantitative and qualitative analysis, in a critical and dialectical approach. The procedures for data's collecting and analyzing were descriptive and analytical. The results of the research point to the construction of inclusive educational policies at UFMA from the guidelines established by MEC, highlighting the Program of Support for the Restructuring Plans of Federal Universities (REUNI) and the Accessibility Program in Higher Education (INCLUIR). REUNI, despite isn t intended specifically for the inclusion of the person with deficiency, may favor indirectly this inclusive procedure, due to its direction for expanding the number of vacancies in the federal universities. The Incluir Program s main objective is to stimulate the creation of policies for the person with deficiency and recommends the creation of the Center of Accessibility (NUACE) to make feasible such policies. In UFMA, the main actions designed to the inclusion of the person with deficiency are arising from its Center of Accessibility. It is concluded that the construction process of inclusion for the person with deficiency in UFMA is a reality and it represents an advance in terms of educational policies, although still discrete, insufficient and restricted to punctual and sectorial actions, needing to be expanded and consolidated as inclusive educational policy.