Abstract

AUQUI CALLE, Freddy  and  BARREIROS, Irene. The Ser Bachiller Exam in the Times of Good Living: A Device that Perpetuates Inequality. Rev. latinoam. estud. educ. [online]. 2023, vol.53, n.3, pp.431-460.  Epub Oct 06, 2023. ISSN 2448-878X.  https://doi.org/10.48102/rlee.2023.53.3.581.

Since 2011, in Ecuador, the State generated a public policy for admission to the higher education system through standardized exams. The article explores the perceptions of students from a public institute (merger of four institutes) of technological level, regarding the career they are studying and the Ser Bachiller exam they took. This mechanism for admission to universities, polytechnics, and institutes was an essential part of educational policies during the times of Good Living. Throughout the article, the tension between the individual interests of students and government interests in regulating admission to the higher education system is shown. This examination is considered an instrument that perpetuates inequality and exclusion.

Keywords : good living; technological education; inequality; exclusion; public policies.