Factores que inciden en la graduación oportuna de un grupo de estudiantes de los ciclos básico, de profesionalización y profundización del programa de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación de la Universidad Santo Tomás, sede Bogotá

Abstract

Education is a fundamental right, since it widely constitutes human development and is characterized mainly by being essential and articulated to the creation of freedoms and other fundamental rights (Education Policy 2022-2038).

Regarding higher education, which seeks for the training of integral professionals who will be responsible for being the next to transform and guide society towards a better future, the government and the institutions themselves have a very important task in that sense. That is why the convenient graduation is a key factor to be taken into account and therefore as one of the most evaluated and required aspects by public policies today.

Therefore, identify the factors which is the main objective of this research, especially the economics and socials ones, related towards the family environment and the role student plays at home, social class, financial support, economic resources and even his/her desires and vocations are indispensable to the adequate guidance of strategies and public politics inside the university in order to guarantee and help students in their convenient graduation.

Consequently, in order to know in depth the factors that influence the convenient graduation of the students of the degree in physical culture, sports and recreation of the Universidad Santo Tomas, a random semi-structured interview was carried out with eleven students of the initiation, deepening and professionalization cycles about their experiences regarding aspects such as: transition between high school and university, work life and university, their motivations, the role of their family in the process, the economic support they have and how they cope with it.

The analysis was carried out using an analysis matrix divided into the two categories of interest, this resulting in the students in the particularity of this career, Physical Culture, sports and recreation, the students indicate that, by having support, empathy and backing . familiar in their work, in their daily life and economically, added to their vocation, the external references, methodologies and facilities of the university encourage the student to enter and remain in the degree.

Thus, it can be concluded that those personal and socioeconomic factors that influence the convenient graduation of students are directly related to their family environment, their school bases and the economic support they receive, although, the university has a student support program, none of the students made reference to it, which indicates that it is not renowned and used. Therefore, it is recommended to create a greater exhibit and advertising of the student support program, since, for some students specially regarding to academic workloads, the transition between high school and university and the economical support is

where more difficulties are expressed, generating and abandonment or delay in the academic field, surely, this is not convenient for the faculty, nor the university.