A Young Lives study on educational trajectories of poor students of rural areas in Peru was discussed with experts
| Date | : | 26/06/2019 |
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| Hour | : | 8:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Location | : | Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) |
| Area/s | : | Education and learning, Poverty and equality |
‘Children who migrate from rural to urban areas tend to have better educational outcomes over time’. Is migration the key to educational improvement? Or, should we focus on improving the educational offer in rural areas? Is it just an improvement in the educational offer or should a transversal policy be implemented? What is the role of culture and to include it in school texts in rural areas? These, among others, were the questions discussed during the presentation of the Young Lives Peru study, “Overcoming adversity: Educational trajectories of poor students in rural areas of Peru”.
The research team is conformed by the researchers from GRADE and Young Lives Peru, Santiago Cueto, Claudia Felipe, and Juan León. The comments were addressed by Daniel Contreras, education specialist of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF Peru), Maribel Aguilar, director of Educational Services in the Rural Area of the Ministry of Education of Peru, and Martin Vegas, Coordinator of the Horizontes Rural Secondary Education Program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Peru.
The contributions of the discussion will be considered in the final report to be presented in the coming months.
