Educational dropout generated as a result of the covid-19 pandemic in educational centers in Ecuador

• Autor(a) principal: Farias Macias , Ángel Antonio
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Farias Macias, Alfredo Antonio, Pazmiño Pazmiño , Hugo Cesar, Mera Zambrano , Sara Estefanía
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Sapienza (Curitiba)
• Texto Completo: https://journals.sapienzaeditorial.com/index.php/SIJIS/article/view/499
• topic: Abandono, Inclusão, Internet, COVID-19, Tecnologia; Dropout, Inclusion, Internet, COVID-19, Technology; Deserción, Inclusión, Internet, Covid-19, Tecnología

The Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic represents a threat to the advancement of education around the world, as it has two significant impacts: The almost universal closure of schools for all, and the economic recession generated by the measures of control of the pandemic. This research aims to analyze the educational desertion generated as a result of the covid-19 pandemic in educational centers in Ecuador. The methodology used in this research was a systematic bibliographical, descriptive documentary design, carried out through a search in databases such as Pubmed, Scielo, Elsevier, Medigrath, among others, in indexed journals published in the last five years, selected low inclusion and exclusion criteria. With the compilation of investigations, it was obtained as a result that the main causes of school dropout are given by access to the internet, economic level, and the lack of technological devices, it is observed that the prevalence of educational desertion by Covid-19 and calculating its Average is of 28.94%. Where it was identified that Pakistan is the country with the highest prevalence with 56.50%, in the case of Ecuador, different prevalences were observed, obtaining an average of 59.67%, in studies carried out. In conclusion, it is detailed that virtuality brought with it the necessary self-taught capacity of young people and the support of families to better favor the learning of students accompanied by the family nucleus that allows them to achieve academic excellence.