A Orientação Vocacional e Profissional no Ensino Superior em Moçambique: Um Estudo de Caso (Sofala).

Abstract

The present work aims to reflect on the central necessity and implications of vocational and professional guidance in higher education, in Beira (Sofala). Vocational and professional orientation (VPO), in the context of higher education assumes a significant relevance, considering, on the one hand, the uncertainties, precariousness and permanent mobility in the field of employability, due, among other reasons, to the globalization neoliberal matrix; on the other hand, the competitiveness in the labour market, generates new demands and requirements, in terms of self-training dynamics and the need for lifelong learning. The VPO arises, therefore, as a key strategy needed, within the framework of higher education, to accompany this transition at a crucial moment in the lives of students: their social and professional insertion. However, today, we need something more, when we speak of "transition to working life", i.e. more than accompany a "passage", that is, increasingly, to monitor and mediate a "route" in the context of the life trajectories. It is in this context that subscribes this study, seeking to give an account of this phenomenon, within the framework of the institutions of higher education in Sofala. The methodology adopted was the case study. In collecting the data, used the documentary research, semi-structured interviews and surveys. For the treatment of information, resorted to the technique of content analysis and descriptive statistical analysis.