Factores de riesgo de deserción escolar durante la pandemia (Covid-19) en la Unidad Educativa "12 de Noviembre" del cantón Píllaro.

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This research focuses on the risk factors forschool dropout produced by the pandemic and isolation by Covid-19 that affects the education sector since several teaching centers were forced to physically close and opt for the virtual learning modality to protect health of students and teachers. The main objective is to investigate the factors and risk of school dropout during the pandemic (Covid-19) in the Educational Unit "12 de Noviembre". For this, thedescriptive-correlational method was used with a quantitative approach methodology,using the "Questionnaire on school dropout" previously validated and designed by Sancho Álvarez & Grau Vidal (2013) and adapted to this research as a unit of validation of the variables of research: factors and risk of school dropout during the pandemic (Covid-19). The results obtained indicate that in-school and out-of-school factors influence the riskof school dropout. The economic situation, the support and accompaniment of parentsare determining factors to access or not the new virtual education system.To avoid the risk of school dropout, the family is required to be significantly involvedin the academic training of students in the current educational system. Link society through the university community, providing targeted tutorials, intending to train students and parents in addition, as a proposal. For this, the systemic approach that characterizes Social Work is considered, a socioeconomic study is projected through students or professionals of social work.