Determinantes socioeconómicos e institucionales del desempeño académico de los estudiantes en las Pruebas Saber 11 en el Municipio Bucaramanga, Santander para el periodo 2012-II

Abstract

Colombia and emphatically Bucaramanga throughout its history have undergone several changes in their educational policies, adopting models that do not fit the characteristics of its population, evidencing different problems in the quality of human capital, being the above a bad implementation of the education system. For this reason, it is important to propose, identify and recommend solutions that help to improve the generation of knowledge and, in turn, greater possibilities of income. This paper aims to determine the socioeconomic, institutional and family factors that influenced the academic performance of high school students in Saber 11 Test in Bucaramanga, Santander. In order to show that variables directly affect academic achievement and what recommendations could be made to reduce the situation. In order to reach the objective, it is estimated by the analysis of multiple correspondences (ACM) with the data provided by the ICFES, for 2012. The determinants of secondary education in Bucaramanga are identified and analyzed that condition the student in the Saber tests 11, and secondly strategies are proposed that could improve student outcomes.