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The Education System in Ecuador

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This chapter describes the characteristics and features of the Ecuadorian education system, and discusses historical and social foundations, institutional and organizational principles, and educational trends and key issues. Our discussion of educational trends and key issues focuses in particular on the recent transformation of higher education and the importance of education for sustainable development in higher education. On the one hand, this chapter illustrates how the Ecuadorian education system strives to provide quality education for all and to contribute to the country’s sustainable development. On the other, it also highlights the obstacles that remain to achieving these goals.

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Rieckmann, M., Flores, S., Pabón Ponce, M.K., Vélez, E., Mera Pincay, S.L. (2021). The Education System in Ecuador. In: Jornitz, S., Parreira do Amaral, M. (eds) The Education Systems of the Americas. Global Education Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93443-3_7-1

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