Abstract

DIAZ-RIOS, Claudia Milena  and  CELIS-GIRALDO, Jorge Enrique. Unwanted Effects of Job Training in Secondary Education in Colombia. educ.educ. [online]. 2010, vol.13, n.2, pp.199-216. ISSN 0123-1294.

Public secondary education in Colombia is going from the detrimental extreme of limiting itself to serving as a bridge for higher education to an opposite and equally negative pole: that of providing training for low-skilled jobs or aptitudes for "self-employment," but without the instruction students require to get started. These trends are aggravating inequality in education, based on socio-economic origin. Although job training of this type may have some impact on broadening job opportunities, which has yet to be measured, it limits young people's professional and economic development. A more in-depth assessment of these training programs is warranted, particularly one that goes beyond the criterion of coverage as a factor of relevance.

Keywords : Job training; secondary education; development of job skills; technical education; Colombia.

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