Las decisiones de política pública en el debilitamiento institucional del SECAP: 2012-2018

Abstract

Abstract: This research reveals elements that, while evident within the public administration, are unknown to the average citizen. For example, for several decades, the working class has contributed half a percentage point of their payroll to the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) for a budget intended to support training in the country. Since January 2015, this allocation has gone to the General State Budget without being reinvested in improving employability. Some public policies have failed, such as the Project for the Reconversion of Public Higher Technical and Technological Education in Ecuador, and later, the transfer of assets from the Ecuadorian Public Training Service (SECAP) to the National Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT). The data reflects that SECAP is suffering from institutional weakening exacerbated by public policies enacted between 2012 and 2018, and that direct policies for its revitalization have been lacking for at least ten years. This thesis presents a social critique of the lack of correlation between the contributions of members and the budget that the State allocates to these funds, leaving a very small percentage of public investment for training to the discretion of the government in power.