O Programa Universidade Para Todos (UPT): política afirmativa de preparação para o acesso à educação superior do estado da Bahia

Abstract

The purpose of this essay was to investigate the University For All Program (UPT) under the viewpoint of affirmative action policies aimed at preparation of public school students for the National High School Exam (ENEM) and the vestibular exams. Understanding the meaning of affirmative action policies was based on authors such as Silva Filho (2003), Moehlecke (2002), Piovesan (2008), Portes and Sousa (2013), Tomei (2005), Henriques and Cavalleiro (2005) and Santo, Santos and Sampaio (2013). This qualitative research is made through document and bibliographic analysis and interviews with the general coordination of the program in the State Department of Education and the federal and state universities in Bahia that are partners of the program. According to the data analyzed, it can be concluded that the UPT is an affirmative action policy for the intended audience, although this nature of the UPT doesn’t figure centrally either in the State Secretariat or in the universities. Its actions have implications in the universities involved in the program, which also need to be recognized, such as the contribution to teacher training, university retention and extension, as it involves, in the execution of the policy, docents and undergraduate students in Bahia.