Análise da relação entre o trabalho infantil e abandono escolar: caso das crianças que vendem no Mercado Xiquelene, cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present work analyzes the relationship between child labor and school dropout of children engaged in informal sales at the Xiquelene Market in the city of Maputo. In methodological terms, the present work was carried out based on a qualitative study, and the semi-structured interview technique was used as a resource for data collection. The sample was fixed by fifteen (15) children, ten (10) male and five (5) female, who were also attended by their guardians. The study was based on Karl Marx's theory of capitalism, through which we seek to know the origin of the social question that guides the present study. It was found that there are also children who choose work, to the detriment of studies, because they were born in environments where their caretakers, siblings, family members in general did not pass through an educational system, and they thus trained and reproduced the motherhood that the academic background is not important. Furthermore, we found that there is another group of children who, due to the family's economic need, practice work combined with studies derived from the desire to receive economic gains to help with household expenses. Thus, we conclude that the socioeconomic conditions of the family members who integrate the children who sell in the Xiquelene market, is what determines the insertion of children in economic activities, consequently their going to school is put in the background.