INTERRUPTIONS IN THE ACTION OF GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE RIVERSIDE CONTEXT OF MANAUS: POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE IN THE NOSSA SENHORA DE FÁTIMA COMMUNITY

Abstract

The following text refers to data collection to support a master's thesis on riverside schools in Manaus. Among the possible themes to be understood in this reality, we are interested in the act of going to school, the changes in students' paths resulting from the fluctuations of the Rio Negro, and the public policies that ensure access to formal education. As a spatial focus, we investigated the José Sobreira do Nascimento Municipal School, in the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Community (Manaus – AM). Aligned with our general interest, we opted for the school dropout rate due to the possibility of measuring the act of going to school. From this data, our objective was to identify periods of increased dropout rates and relate them to atypical floods and low water levels of the Rio Negro. To this end, we began by contextualizing the population dynamics in the Manaus countryside, as well as the functioning of basic education in rural contexts. Next, we conducted a historical series of school dropout rates between 2007 and 2022, focusing on the dropout rate in riverside schools within the municipality and the community. Finally, we also included the minimum and maximum water levels of the Rio Negro for the years analyzed. Based on this data analysis, we present the findings of the "Caminho da Escola" (School Route) Program in the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Community. This allowed us to identify potential relationships between school dropout rates and extreme flood and ebb events of the Rio Negro, as well as the implementation of public policies that ensure access to education.