A inclusão de servidores com deficiência na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora: diálogos entre princípio da igualdade, ações afirmativas e gestão do conhecimento

Abstract

The present dissertation was developed within the Professional Master’s Program in Education Management and Evaluation (PPGP) of the Public Policies and Education Evaluation Center (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). It discusses the inclusion process of people with disabilities at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. An analysis was carried out in order to examine the policies aimed at their reception and professional development after joining the University, as well as to examine data and information management related to them. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the inclusion process of civil servants with disabilities at UFJF and the affirmative actions aimed at their reception and professional development. Our hypothesis is that the lack of data and information control, which would allow to measure the number of civil servants with disabilities at UFJF, might prevent and compromise the foundation and development of inclusion policies and affirmative actions aimed at the reception, the professional development and the well-being of such individuals at the University. We recognize these actions as instruments of concretion of the Principle of Equality in the search of a fairer and more egalitarian society to all of its citizens. Based on this understanding, the present research deals with the Principle of Equality and the roles of affirmative actions in the inclusion of civil servants with disabilities at UFJF, together with knowledge management and intersectorial policies of data and information management. According to the data collected, it was verified the absence of an information system to highlight data related to civil servants with disabilities in order to apprehend their functional life within the institution and the development of institutional inclusion policies. It is possible to observe the existence of a policy of retainment of positions in civil service exams for those with disabilities at the University, in accordance with legal determination. However, it is still possible to notice that there is a need for adjustments and improvements in how the institution operates the data of these civil servants, thus aiming at developing affirmative actions and a more solid inclusion process. Under these circumstances, we present an action plan with measures that might enable improvement in the information flow of these civil servants, so that there might be a sharing of data between the institution departments in order to size this community and to assist the Affirmative Action Office (Diretoria de Ações Afirmativas) in terms of analyzing the needs of these civil servants and elaborating more effective inclusion policies.