Dropouts from School in Ecuador: An Online Quality Education for All

Giancarlo De Agostini Solines; Monica Vasconez Vaca; Marco Yamba-Yugsi

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Dropouts from School in Ecuador: An Online Quality Education for All

Giancarlo De Agostini Solines, Monica Vasconez Vaca, Marco Yamba-Yugsi

Published in Education Journal (Volume 11, Issue 6)

Received: 14 September 2022 Accepted: 8 October 2022 Published: 23 December 2022

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Our main point to be developed refers to that Education and culture are fundamental elements to achieve progress in all spheres of life, especially treated in Ecuador, such as, health, feeding, security, and certainly education for all, among others. National census and international organizations have concluded that there is an increasing number of students that have dropout from school; a revision of dropout rates is performed. An additional problem is that according to the Council of Nationalities and Peoples of Ecuador (CODENPE), there are 14 nationalities and 18 different indigenous peoples in Ecuador with their own languages. Many of this potential young students, living in isolated areas, with economical vulnerability and working mainly in agriculture, are not exposed to education, mainly High School Education, thus, they may have access to online learning, any time, any place, any climate, with connectivity solutions through info centers and bilingual quality teachers. One possible solution could be to have info centers with excellent connectivity, open to the community without cost and especially dedicated to high school students. Another important point is to prepare native potential teachers through quality pedagogical programs, not only with technology knowledge but also with online experience and acquaintance with andragogy. A suggested list of online courses that could be prepare for teachers, with their descriptors, are presented at the end of the paper.

Published in	Education Journal (Volume 11, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.edu.20221106.16
Page(s)	349-354
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Dropouts, Elearning, Vulterability, Nationalities, Info-Centers, Deficiencies

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Giancarlo De Agostini Solines, Monica Vasconez Vaca, Marco Yamba-Yugsi. Dropouts from School in Ecuador: An Online Quality Education for All. Educ J. 2022;11(6):349-354. doi: 10.11648/j.edu.20221106.16

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Giancarlo De Agostini Solines

Professional and Teachers Training Centre, Catholic University, Cuenca, Ecuador
Monica Vasconez Vaca

Executive Board, Iberoamerican Virtual Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Marco Yamba-Yugsi

Graduate School, Catholic University, Cuenca, Ecuador

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