This research deals with the Student Assistance in the scope of the federal higher education
that is put into practice through the National Program of Student Assistance (PNAES). More
specifically, it deals with the process of evaluation of this public policy at the Federal
University of Tocantins (UFT). The general objective of this research was to analyze the
results of the implementation of the PNAES in the scope of UFT, aiming to present guidelines
that serve as reference for the evaluation of this policy in the national scope. For that, a
descriptive and documentary research was carried out, based on the evaluation criteria
efficiency, effectiveness and effectiveness and taking into account the operational dimensions
input, process, result and transformation. The results indicate that over the period from 2010
to 2017 the PNAES resource used by the UFT grew exponentially, and the main cuts occurred
in the pass-through to capital expenditures. In some areas the UFT has not yet been able to
develop actions, because the institution prioritizes the basic assistance areas due to the limited
resources to attend the high number of vulnerable students. The Miracema’s campus during
the period studied was the one that presented the highest proportion of students in vulnerable
situations, while the campus that presented the lowest percentage of students in vulnerable
situations in 2015 and 2017 was the Tocantinópolis’ campus and in 2016 was the Arraias’
campus. In 2017, the percentage of students regular enrolled who had requested a student
benefit was 22.09%; in addition, in the same year, 1,954 students were enrolled in the UFT
Student Assistance Policy programs, of which 2,766 students requested the aid, which
represents 70.64% coverage. UFT was able to serve 100% of students in extreme and high
vulnerability, 33.33% of students in moderate vulnerability, 34.94% of students in low
vulnerability and 10.98% of students in very low vulnerability. Still in 2017, in the courses
that attended 100% of the applicants students, there was a fall in the average coefficient of
academic income, a year that also there was a reduction of the benefits granted in relation to
the period from 2010 to 2016. On the other hand, in 2017 the percentage of total evasion of
UFT decreased from 35.30% in 2016 to 19.66%. In relation to the Graduation Success Rate,
this indicator continued to grow in the years 2010 to 2012 and in 2014 and 2015, but fell
16.11% in 2013, 36.65% in 2016 and 22.34% in 2017 years.
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