Undergraduate students as active contributors in the strengthening of technical skills in vulnerable communities of Ecuador–a case study

Abstract:

Education through different stages constitutes the primordial basis for the sustainable development of countries. It also constitutes an effective tool to reduce economic and social gaps through access to a decent work. In Ecuador, an emphasis is given to the education in technical areas that allows positive changes in the production of goods by moving from a production model based on primary goods to value-added goods. Thus, professionals with training in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are currently highly demanded in the labor market. The Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL (Acronym in Spanish), a public higher education institution, through the development of social project, is part of this educational intervention that seeks to strengthen the technical skills of students from high schools located in marginal urban areas of the city of Guayaquil with both economic and …

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2019

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