Factores que inciden en el ingreso a la educación superior en los estudiantes de tercer año de bachillerato de las Unidades Educativas de la Provincia del Azuay.

Abstract

The study was conducted in the province of Azuay, canton of Cuenca. The objective of this research was to determine “the factors affecting the students of the third year of high school in the schools “Particular Católica de Cuenca”, “Fe y Alegría”, and Amadeo Maldonado Vásquez of the province of Azuay” to the Higher Education system and their accessibility to it. The execution of this study was through surveys addressed to students of the aforementioned schools, as well as were conducted structured interviews with professionals and/or to the authorities of the educational institutions. The research was embraced from a hermeneutic paradigm with a criticalsocial approach, that is to say, a documental analysis of scientific articles was performed according to the subject matter and national regulations that guarantee the student’s education from high school to Higher Education. A population of 177 students of the third year of high school from the three abovementioned educationals establishments was taken as a sample study for this research; it was possible to prove through the obtained results that the main predictable factor affecting the students’ accessibility to the Higher Education System is family economy, nevertheless, it was also evidenced that exist equally relevant percentages to family support, misinformation in processes related to Higher Education, and lack of vocational guidance within the institutions.