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Gender differences in rural education units of Ecuador

Abstract:

To achieve universal education in Ecuador and reduce inequality in guaranteeing the right to study, the Government has implemented programs focused on opening training opportunities in the rural area of the country. The objective of this study was to establish the differences that with respect to gender are reflected in the qualification of the National Exam for Higher Education and the obtaining of university quota by the students of the Millennium Education Units of zone 2 of Ecuador. The research is based on a quantitative approach, it is descriptive, and the statistical method is used. As a result, significant differences were found in favor of men in the qualification obtained from the exam and for the benefit of women in the acceptance of the university quota. It is valid to conclude that gender is not the only element that affects students' school results. The academic performance responds to other factors of the educational trajectories of the students, such as their emotional intelligence, the socioeconomic conditions, aspirations and goals that are proposed, the habit of study, the support of the parents, the particularities of each educational center and the teachers they have.