University extension as a public policy on social inequalities and the contributions of the tutorial education program in the community

• Autor(a) principal: Bicca, Byanca Viviane de Meneses
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Marques, Luís Fernando Silva, Carvalho, Cecília Maria Resende Gonçalves de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18492
• topic: Extensão Universitária; Política Pública; Ensino; Desigualdade social.; Extensión Universitaria; Política Pública; Enseñanza; Desigualdad social.; University Extension Project; Public Policy; Teaching; Social inequality.

In Brazil, it is possible to massively identify scenarios full of social gaps and plagued by inequality. In this way, public policies are presented as central instruments to settle disparities within society. Such initiatives are developed by the State, through the principle of the common good, and from the interrelation with social institutions such as Universities, centers of intellectual production, there is the optimization of the results of these social endeavors. This article aims to identify the benefits and impacts of university extension in the face of social inequalities. To this end, we sought to present, through bibliographic research, the structure of the Tutorial Education Program and the analysis of its contribution as a public policy based on the performance of the PET Integração group at the Federal University of Piauí. It was concluded that the extension actions were effective in mitigating social discrepancies, figuring as suitable tools for public policy.