Evolutionary transformation of technical education and vocational training in Nicaragua (2007 - 2020)

Abstract

Fourteen years of evolutionary transformation of technical education and vocational training in Nicaragua are evidenced in concrete results of a continuous process, consistent with the policies, programs and projects that emerge from the National Human Development Plan (PNDH) and that since 2007, it is promoted by the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity (GRUN), for the restitution and permanence of human and social rights of the Nicaraguan people.

There are several positive indicators of this evolutionary transformation in technical education and vocational training from 2007-2020. Among them, the growth of national coverage at the territorial level stands out, from 25 to 153 municipalities served in the country; from having 26 to 45 vocational training centers at the present, and the average annual attention went from 47 thousand to 385 thousand protagonists. This has been possible thanks to the continuous improvement of educational quality based on curricular transformation, the creation of the first national training center for teachers and instructors of technical education and vocational training, the improvement of infrastructure and teaching equipment, as well as the incorporation, use and harnessing of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), as indispensable tools for education, and the assurance of online services based on an electronic government congruent with the expectations of the new globalized generation and cybernetics.

During this process, the joint work model has been created and strengthened with the institutions of the national educational system, the Ministry of Education (MINED), the National Technological Institute (INATEC), the Regional Autonomous Educational System (SEAR) and the National Council of Universities (CNU), institutions that have strengthened this model through the National Education Commission. From this instance, the strategies and plans for the continuous improvement of the quality of education in Nicaragua are gestated, developed and evaluated; oriented, in permanent monitoring and feedback from the President, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra and the Vice President, Compañera Rosario Murillo Zambrana.