El derecho a la enseñanza del idioma kichwa y el principio de interculturalidad

Abstract

Ecuador is proclaimed by the Constitution of the Republic (2008), as an intercultural and plurinational State, which admits the existence of 14 indigenous nationalities that have developed their own language as a natural means of communication. In this context, the Supreme Law recognizes the right that indigenous communities, peoples and nationalities have to receive a relevant education that allows full command of their language. In this way, the Principle of Interculturality in Education proposes the decomposition of linguistic hegemony, with the introduction of at least one ancestral language in the study curricula, Kichwa being an official language of intercultural relations, whose protection reaffirms the right to a bilingual intercultural education. The importance and timeliness of this research has its origin in the Resolution issued by the ONU on December 18, 2019, with which it proclaims the period 2022-2032 as the Decade of Indigenous Languages, in the face of the world crisis that it forecasts. the loss of at least 90% of the linguistic heritage. Due to the above, the present work aims to demonstrate how the right to the teaching of the Kichwa language influences the Principle of Interculturality, for which a bibliographic-descriptive research is carried out, to detail aspects that transcend reality, to through the application of the mixed method, which adapts to the line of exclusion and social integration, allowing to verify the importance of the preservation of ancestral languages in the right to cultural identity and education.