Mbo’erára Kuña Kuéra Guarani and Kaiowá: advances and challenges in remaining and completing in the Teko Arandu Degree

Abstract

Affirmative Actions seek to promote the access, retention and completion of students in university careers. In this sense, the objective of this article is to present the advances and challenges of the Programa Beca de Permanencia – MEC with respect to the aspects mentioned in the Indigenous Intercultural Degree for Guaraníes and Kaiowá women. This investigation is quantitative and qualitative and the collection of data was carried out through an online form and through the participation of indigenous women. The questions are presented in three ways:  Closed with multiple options; Closed in the check box styles;  Open questions, based on a formulated question, with space for free writing. Fifty Guaraníes and Kaiowá women participated in the investigation, from 15 territories located in the Cono Sur region of Mato Grosso do Sul, of which 31% are graduates of the Degree in Indigenous Interculturality and 69% are in the course. Reports on the challenges of being present at face-to-face stages were highlighted by 44 women, with their respective reasons: Stay away from your family;  Leave children at home and have economic difficulties to subsidize children's meals during university. Another 6 (six) students stated that they had no difficulties. We conclude that the Permanence Scholarship Program – MEC is an action that promotes the permanence and culmination of women at the University. However, we identify that the value of the Permanence Scholarship for those who bring their children at the University must be differentiated from that of other students, as it presents a higher cost of living for those who live at the University's time stages.