Concurso público, igualdade e o direito à convivência: trajetórias de servidores ingressantes por meio da reserva de vagas para pessoas com deficiência da Universidade Federal de Pelotas/RS (1999-2020)

Abstract

The present work, developed in the Master's course in History at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), carried out a study on the trajectory of employees entering through a public tender in the quotas for people with disabilities at UFPel, as well as the history of implementation of the place reservation policy at the Institution. The time frame selected was from 1999 to 2020 and is linked to the fact that in 1999 the publication of Decree-Law n. 3,298/99, which established a minimum percentage of 5% for the reservation of vacancies in public contests for people with disabilities, thus creating a regulation of the provisions of the Federal Constitution of 1988 (CF/88), which guaranteed the reservation, despite of not establishing any minimum or maximum parameters. The choice of the year 2020 as the final milestone is due to being the last year of validity of the Institutional Accessibility and Inclusion Plan (PIAI) 2016/2020 of the university. Thus, the general objective was defined: “To investigate the life trajectory of disabled employees at UFPel in order to verify how the implementation of quotas in public positions in the institution contributed to the social inclusion of this group of people”.Regarding the methodology, a qualitative research was carried out through oral history interviews together with document analysis. Despite much still to be done in promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities, the quota policy proves to be an important factor in promoting equality in today's society and, consequently, has operated in inclusion, albeit in a "timid" way. , of people with disabilities in the public service. The right to coexistence is thus fundamental for any society that wants to be inclusive. As a federal public institution of great social impact, the University has a fundamental role in making the accessibility and inclusion of employees with disabilities effective. Therefore, it was observed in practice that the Institution has advanced in this direction in recent years. The analysis of the servants' narratives teaches us a little about their trajectories until the conquest of public office and allows reflections on various aspects such as prejudice, equality, inclusion, accessibility, right to education, work and coexistence for all. The survey results were diverse; such as the elaboration of a quantitative history of the appointments of civil servants entering the quotas for people with disabilities in the institution; a diagnosis on compliance with the PIAI 2016/2020 of UFPel and the trajectory of civil servants entering the aforementioned quotas that confirmed the initial hypothesis of the research: that the reservation of public positions for people with disabilities constitutes an important public policy for promotion of inclusion, enables the coexistence of all people “with or without disabilities”, brings a feeling of belonging and dignity. However, we identified weaknesses and the main one is accessibility, which constitutes a great barrier for inclusion to be effective.