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Education
Entrance to the International University SEK
High School
Every year there are 1,3 millions new baccalaureates.
Ecuador recognized in the following types of bachelor’s
degree:
a. Bachelor of Science
Dedicated to education focusing on conceptualizations
and abstractions. Learning faced primarily humanistic
and scientific nature and quality standards are set by
the academic skill levels achieved. Use a content-fo-
cused program to achieve baccalaureate graduates in
science and science with a specialization.
b. Technical Baccalaureate
Dedicated to education with a focus on performance.
Theory conbined technical training whereas qual-
ity standards are set by the professional skill levels
achieved. Uses a program of technical skills to achieve
multi-purpose profession with a technical expertise.
c. Bachelor of Arts
Dedicated to education for the cultivation and develop-
ment of all artistic expressions. Quality standards are
set by the quality of skills to practice artistic expression.
Uses a competence-based program to ensure gradu-
ates in various lines of artistic expression.
Superior Education
Every year, there are 436.000 students that succeed
to arrive to the Universities and only 18% are
graduated (78.480 students). Only 0,03% will do a
postgraduate course, 24 Ecuadorians out of a million.
Each year, all higher education institutions develop
operational plans and strategic institutional
development plans conceived in the medium and
long term, according to its own guidance, including
the following aspects: vision, mission, strategy,
objectives, expected results and action plans. Each
institution must conduct the evaluation of these plans
and preparing the audit report, to be submitted to
CONESUP and the National Council for Assessment
and Accreditation.
The universities and polytechnic schools will be
established by law enacted by Congress, a favorable
report and CONESUP mandatory. Creation is void
if it has been dispensed with this requirement. For
the creation of a university or polytechnic you must
meet the requirements stipulated by the Ministry of
Education and CONESUP.
DEMANDED PROFILES:
According to Senplades, ecuadorian companies
are looking for students with this background:
metal mechanics, mecatronics, mining and oil
engineerings, bioenergy and biofuels, software
development, biomedicine and biochemistry,
environmental services, agronomy and cattle raising,
arts and architecture.
EDUCATION IN NUMBERS
LITERACY: 90,88%
Gross enrollment rate: Primary (1,17), Secondary
(0,84), Superior (0,39)
Net enrollment in primary education: 100% (2004)
Net male enrollment in primary education: 99% (2004)
Net female enrollment in primary education: 100% (2004)
Net enrollment in secondary education: 52% (2004)
Net male enrollment in secondary education: 53% (2004)
Net femaleenrollment in secondary education: 52%(2004)
Number of children per teacher, primary: 23 (2004)
Top teaching companies according to Ekos Magazine:
1. Academia Naval Almirante Illingworth SAANAI
2. Colegio Menor CMSFQ S.A.
3. Kotska Profesores Reunidos del Ecuador SA
4. Centro Educativo Integral Ceneica SA
education of 10 years, by providing eighth, ninth and
tenth years of basic education with equity, quality,
warmth and coverage, on the basis of a pedagogical
model that meets the needs of the society of knowledge
and information based on national and international
standards of quality, promoting the development of
general skills, both basic and specific, to allow student
development.
Also, to encourage students, there have been
introduced annual scholarships and awards.