Interrelation between the school dropouts and socioeconomic conditions families: The case of Cucuta
Keywords:
economics of education, development, capabilities, school desertion, liberties, public policyAbstract
This article, establishes the existing connection between the education and development adopting the capabilities approach propound by Amartya Sen. The education it is the way that makes possible the social mobility and allows to overcomes the poverty and inequity circumstances, besides supports the citizen formation and promotes the public debate, enable the citizenship to influence into the society management and improve the quality life. The investigation presents the idea that the socioeconomics home conditions of the families it is perhaps the main factor that determinates the schooldesertion in high school cycle. To establish the influence grade, its analyzed the desertion situation inside the educational national system, department and municipal, by using the information sources of the National Ministry Education statistic (MEN, as initials in Spanish); following, its identify the deserters characteristics and their families; likewise it propounds an econometrics model that allows to observe the interrelationships between the decision of deserting transiently or forever from the educational system. Finally conclusions are made and recommendations.
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