CREATIVE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES AT THE LIBORIO BATALLER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SEGOVIA, IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF ANTIOQUIA.

Abstract

Every year, more students drop out of school worldwide due to various economic, social, health, or pedagogical factors. The research aimed to generate strategies to reduce school dropout rates at the Liborio Bataller Educational Institution in the municipality of Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia, which constitutes an initiative and a contribution to the necessary academic reflection, due to the implications in sociocultural, economic, and political aspects for the region. The post-positivist paradigm was based on a qualitative approach, focused on understanding social phenomena framed within situations of school dropout, generally defined as the abandonment of academic obligations, with an impact on their teaching and learning processes. The method adopted was ethnographic as a way to understand a phenomenon that is not specific to an individual, but rather the sum of individuals. This process yielded results indicating the need to generate strategies to creatively address school dropout and ensure the rights of children and young people to education. For the above reasons, some recommendations and suggestions are provided from the perspective of strategies to contribute to the recognition and reduction of school dropout rates in the educational institutions of the region. Finally, some creative strategies based on problem-solving, innovative solutions, brainstorming, fostering creativity, and experimentation play an important role in reducing school dropout rates.