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This paper aims to analyse in the pedagogical proposal of the National Service for Commercial Learning (SENAC) the principle of respect for aesthetical, political, and ethical values in the development of aptitudes for social and productive life. That is one of the principles of the National Curricular Guidelines for Vocational and Technical Education at Secondary Level implemented by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC). In a qualitative approach research, we carried a bibliographical and documental review of specific laws, MEC's and SENAC's official documents, and the SENAC/RN's technical documents and politicalpedagogical project. We realised that changes in the world of labour and in the flexible mode of capitalist production influenced such documents, demanding for better training for workers and compelling adjustments to educational actions and to stablish SENAC Formative Marks as a set of attributes that concern technicalscientific competence, critical vision, and a collaborative, sustainable, and entrepreneurial attitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientific papers dealing with the performance of students have been recently researched, particularly concerning improvements to the processes of teaching and learning conditions of study and educational institution. This study aimed to analyze the current need of the Federal Network of Technical Education on the issue of eradication of evasion and failure in technological education. Thus, questionnaires were administered on the socio-economic and educational level of students at the Federal Institute of Technical Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG) - Campus Inhumas associated with data provided by school records related to approval, disapproval or disapproval for absences of students. After analyzing the responses from the questionnaires and notes taken during the years 2007 to 2010, it became evident the need for improvements to the Federal technical education as the creation of new institutions and courses in existing institutions, as well as the installation of new laboratories, equipment, infrastructure, and improvements in teaching procedures, hiring teachers and use of complementary tools for the monitoring of student performance in courses taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]