WORK OF THE CENTER FOR STUDIES AND DEFENSE OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN PARANÁ: ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENOUS ACADEMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objective is to contextualize the extension project "Unioeste and Neddij Pedagogy Course: Pedagogy in training", developed by the State University of Western Paraná, Foz does Iguaçu campus, in partnership with the Center for Studies and Defense of the Rights of Children and Youth, in aid of the university's Indigenous academics in the contents and socialization. Indigenous communities fought for their lands and basic education, a fact that delayed the policies for their insertion into higher education. With the creation of quotas, specific courses, and scholarships, these enter the university, bringing with them the fragility of their basic education and the adaptation to a different culture. In Paraná, the Vestibular dos povos indígenas (2001) and the University Commission for Indigenous Peoples emerged, providing unprecedented opportunities for Indigenous peoples to enter state universities through an appropriate form of evaluation that valued their culture.