CHALLENGES IN THE PUBLlC POLlCY FOR PROFESSIONAL QUALlFICATION IN THE STATE OF PARAíBA

Abstract

The general aim of this study is to analyze the public policy for professional qualification in the state ofParaíba in the context ofthe National Plan ofQualification NPQ), trying to identify how this policy is presented in the contextof the challenges brought about by the new reality of the working market ina peripheral region of the capitalist economy. The disagreement between thejob positions creation and the working population growth is maybe the mostserious social problem faced by the modern capitalist economies, being pertinentto question the actions taken by the State, through a public policy of qualification,in face ofthe speed ofthe economic growth with the simultaneouspoverty increase. The position ofthe person as an employee in the society, hisrepresentativeness through the labor unions and class entities and the role ofhe State, as a promoter and manager of public policies for jobs creation, areimportant issues to be thought about because of the recent transformationsof the working market. This st ts to investigate how the economy in Paraíba, historically characterized by the weak capacity for creating jobs andincome, has been dealing with the problem of unemployment in the present text and also what is the role and efficiency ofthe public policy implemented through the PlanTeQ in the State. Its relevance is to view the question of employment as a social problem, in relation to the conditions of survival of the man in the modern society, trying to identify how the person is placed in the changes of the working market. Besides this, it is important to be awareof the influence the State has over these changes and at what extend it maydetermine the position ofthe individual in the social inclusion and its functionas a providing agent ofthe professional development.