Educación virtual y su influencia en la deserción escolar de los estudiantes de educación general básica

Abstract

Abstract:School desertion is a current problem in the Ecuadorian educational sector that has been reinforced with the arrival of virtual education. In the present research work, the factors of virtual education that influence school dropout wasdetermined, the educational problems generated by it were analyzed and the proportion of students with probable risk of school dropout was identified. Surveys were applied randomly to a sample of ninth-year EGB students to assess the degree of agreement or disagreement with the main factors that influence school dropout (technological, economic, academic factor, technological skills). Statistical processing of the collected information was performed and the following results were obtained. For the technological factor, 7% have a probable risk of desertion by not having internet, 23% present a risk because they consider that they do not have sufficient economic resources to educate themselves virtually, 20% consider that the time allocated to handing in tasks is not enough. Finally, 32% consider that they do not have sufficient knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.