Overview of the teaching of agronomy in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, with emphasis on the courses offered by IFMS

Abstract

The objective of this work was to carry out a survey related to the teaching of the agronomy course in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, emphasizing the courses offered by the Federal Institute in the campuses of Ponta Porã, Naviraí and Nova Andradina. From a pre-formulated questionnaire, data were collected in loco in fifteen institutions that offer the course in the state, private and public (Federal and State). Nine courses are offered in public institutions and six in private institutions. Only one private university in the municipality of Ponta Porã obtained the maximum score by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC), that is, a score of five, the others all have a score of four, emphasizing that the four courses offered by state universities are not evaluated by the MEC. It observed that 86.31% of the professors have doctorates, 12.98% have master's degrees and 0.7% are specialists. The dropout rate in public institutions was around 7% and in private institutions 17%. In all institutions there are three modalities of student selection. Public institutions offer five stricto sensu courses and private institutions offer three. He also observed that seven institutions offer the agronomy course on a school farm, six have the experimental area. Thus, it can be raised that in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul the course offered meets the need for professionals in this area, since they show that in addition to the courses offered within the state at the borders and borders of the state, they also offer agronomy courses, which allows the population of the state to have this additional option to study agronomy.