2017-11-242017-11-242013MACHADO, Maria Margarida; GARCIA, Lênin Tomazett. Passado e presente na formação de trabalhadores jovens e adultos. Revista Brasileira de Educação de Jovens e Adultos, Salvador, v. 1, n. 1, p. 45-64, 2013.2317-6571http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/13002This article presents some findings of studies that seek the meanings produced in the context of Brazilian education, for the integration established between adults and youth education (EJA) and professional qualification programs implemented by the Brazilian government. In this article, based on research that identified a number of actions, policies projects and federal programs of the last six decades, we have chosen to present an analysis of concepts and principles expressed in two programs implemented in different contexts: the first consolidated in the Military Dictatorship, the Intensive preparation of Hand-to-Work (PIPMO), the second in the current federal government, the National Access to Technical Education and Employment (Pronatec). Identifies the relationship of past and present programs analyzed two trends constitute its logical: it is the first reissue of the privatization of the public financing of professional qualification of the shares in the private sector and the second restores the denial of offering a comprehensive education with the permanence of qualification courses isolates of schooling for most young people and adults, which leads us to conclude that far is the realization of education as a right and professional qualification from the perspective of integral human formation of workers.porAcesso AbertoEducação de jovens e adultosTrabalhoQualificação profissionalYouth an adult educationWorkProfessional qualificationArtigo