Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero

This literature review article aims to present the current state of the higher education in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico, so that to show the limited access for the young indigenous population and its relationship to poverty. The issue being addressed is of significance since both Mexican states have...

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Main Authors: Noemi López-Santiago, Omar de Jesús Reyes-Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2017-04-01
Series:Revista Electrónica Educare
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/7577
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description This literature review article aims to present the current state of the higher education in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico, so that to show the limited access for the young indigenous population and its relationship to poverty. The issue being addressed is of significance since both Mexican states have an average of schooling below the national average: the human development index in Guerrero is 0.679, and in Oaxaca it is 0.681, two of the lowest indexes in the country. By implementing some tools of descriptive statistics and information about the latest school cycles (2013-2014 and 2014-2015), we found that half of youth population in these two states lives in rural areas, one-fourth are speakers of an indigenous language, and only slightly more than ten per cent of indigenous young people over 18 years old belong to the total enrollment of higher education.
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spelling doaj-art-110fc8cde44e43dc85c23e030803db112025-08-20T01:58:55ZengUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Electrónica Educare1409-42582017-04-0121212510.15359/ree.21-2.188777Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and GuerreroNoemi López-Santiago0Omar de Jesús Reyes-Pérez1Universidad del MarUniversidad del MarThis literature review article aims to present the current state of the higher education in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico, so that to show the limited access for the young indigenous population and its relationship to poverty. The issue being addressed is of significance since both Mexican states have an average of schooling below the national average: the human development index in Guerrero is 0.679, and in Oaxaca it is 0.681, two of the lowest indexes in the country. By implementing some tools of descriptive statistics and information about the latest school cycles (2013-2014 and 2014-2015), we found that half of youth population in these two states lives in rural areas, one-fourth are speakers of an indigenous language, and only slightly more than ten per cent of indigenous young people over 18 years old belong to the total enrollment of higher education.http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/7577Educación superiorjóvenes indígenasOaxacaGuerreropobreza.
spellingShingle Noemi López-Santiago
Omar de Jesús Reyes-Pérez
Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero
Revista Electrónica Educare
Educación superior
jóvenes indígenas
Oaxaca
Guerrero
pobreza.
title Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero
title_full Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero
title_fullStr Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero
title_full_unstemmed Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero
title_short Access to Higher Education: The Case of Young Indigenous People of Oaxaca and Guerrero
title_sort access to higher education the case of young indigenous people of oaxaca and guerrero
topic Educación superior
jóvenes indígenas
Oaxaca
Guerrero
pobreza.
url http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/7577
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