Access to Education in Ecuador A Critical Comparison of Educational Policies between Lenín Moreno and Guillermo Lasso’s Government Administrations

Abstract

UNESCO declared education as a fundamental right to overcome inequalities and achieve a sustainable development. However, the pandemic caused by Covid-19 forced Government Administrations to implement emergency education plans to adapt their people to this new reality. Thus, Lenín Moreno’s Administration implemented a distance education program in response to the health emergency situation, which increased and made visible the barriers to education access in Ecuador. However, after the elections in 2021, Guillermo Lasso’s Administration proposed education as a fundamental pillar to be addressed in order to reduce the educational inequality gaps caused by the pandemic. This article seeks to analyze in a comparative context the impact of educational policies in both the Moreno and Lasso Administrations in relation to the educational scope in Ecuador.