Strengthening the productive vocation from the national distance secondary school program in the countryside. Community of Isiquí, Estelí, Nicaragua

Abstract

In the year 2022, the National Program of Productive Vocation for Work and Life was opened, aimed at students of Secondary Distance Education in the Rural Areas (SDERA), through specialized courses with topics related to the use of agroecological diversity in the community, the production of basic grains and vegetable crops, as well as the breeding and reproductive management of large and small animals. The objective of this study was to analyze the contributions that the Productive Vocation Program provides to the construction of knowledge on agricultural technologies, which promote innovation and entrepreneurship as a contribution to the improvement of agricultural production and, therefore, to the living conditions of families and the development of rural communities in Nicaragua. A qualitative research approach was used to analyze the experiences and evaluations of students, teachers and facilitators who participated in the Productive Vocation Program, together with a bibliographic review on the subject. The study was carried out at the Secondary School in the Isiquí community in the municipality of Estelí. For the collection of information, techniques such as observation, interview and content analysis were applied. The National Program of Productive Vocation contributes knowledge and skills in the students of the Secondary Distance Education in the Rural Areas (SDERA), in agricultural production, allowing them to identify the activities in the rural areas as options for obtaining income that contribute to the family economy, community development, food and nutritional security, community roots and the conservation of cultural identity; likewise, this program contributes to the students in a way that provides them with the tools to propose possible solutions to problems that they identify in their daily lives.