Access to knowledge and the relation between school and life has been a theme present in studies about the educational proposal of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra - MST). In this article we approach the specificity of rural youth training, considering the importance of this connection. We present data from doctoral research in education that sought to understand the interweaving of work, education and militancy of the graduates of a MST settlement school and its relation to the formation of the rural youth, primarily, the militants. For this, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 graduates, the leadership and school management team, and furthered the analysis of the political pedagogical project. We characterize the investigated institution, highlighting the issues about access to knowledge and the relationship between work and education in youth training. We conclude by identifying the boundaries of the school, understanding it in the general context of capitalist production, as well as emphasizing the possibilities that the link between work and education in the access to knowledge brings to the establishment of rural youths who understand the contradictions and commit themselves to fighting for the working class cause, especially the MST.
youth; MST; work; education