“Factores que influyen en el fenómeno de la deserción escolar de la fundación Nelson Mandela en los periodos 2017 – 2018”

Abstract

This work seeks to identify the factors thatinfluence dropoutfrom an educationalinstitution called Nelson Mandela SchoolFoundation,which is locatedintheAguablancadistrict,asectorofthecityofCali;duetoits geographicallocation,itis characterized by its permanentsituation of vulnerabilityduetoprecariouseconomicconditions,violenceanddrugaddiction, amongothers.Suchidentificationisachievedatthreespecificmoments.Atfirst, acharacterizationofthesocialcontextandthepopulationofstudentsofthe Foundationiscarriedout,whichdescribesindepthseveralaspectsthatconcern thesocialcontextwherethestudentsoftheeducationalinstitutionlive,the educationalinstitutionitself,itseducationalservicesandthestrategiestocontrol studentdropoutamongotheraspects. Inasecondmoment,themaincausesofschooldropoutareidentifiedin studentsattendinginterviewswithteachersandtheanalysisofthenarrativeto identifythemaincausesofdroppingoutfrom astrictlyqualitativeapproach.In thefinalphase,thecausativefactorsofthephenomenonaredescribedfrom a 9 quantitativeapproachtothesecauses,thistimeapplyingsurveystothree specificgroups,afirstsurveyoffifty(50)formerstudentswhodroppedoutof theeducationalinstitution,anotheronetoseventy(70)activestudentsandfinally thirteen(13)teacherswhohavehadarelationshipandsomeexperiencecloseto adropoutstudentduringtheirstayintheinstitution.Theworkcloseswitha discussioninwhichtheresultsofthethreequestionnairesappliedarecompared withthecontributionsoftherelatedliterature.