Challenges and constraints of the education in Latin America. A comparative analysis

Abstract

At the height of the Education 2030 agenda, and under the fourth objective of the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, an analysis and a current balance of the problems that affect the educational systems of the Latin American region are necessary. These tools would serve the countries as a starting point to establish specific action plans that will address the shortcomings detected with the ultimate goal of promoting the successful achievement of the objectives proposed in the Agenda. In order to do this, we will use the comparative method in education. Taking the countries that make up Latin America as comparison units, and beginning with, among others, variables such as school retardment, enrolment rate or illiteracy rate, we will compare whose results point to the inability of educational systems to mitigate or reverse social background inequalities.

Keywords

• retraso escolar
• abandono escolar
• analfabetismo
• origen étnico
• América Latina
• desigualdad educativa