Proceso migratorio, actividades económicas y escolaridad de los niños indígenas en las parroquias Alangasi y La Merced.

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation is to glimpse the migratory process of indigenous people who have moved from town and communities of the Ecuadorian highlands and that nowadays live in La Merced and Alangasí parishes. One of the objectives was identify the causes that led to migration, also the characterization of economic activities which are realized by the members of this indigenous families and in this way determine the level of schooling of children. The methodology used in this document is qualitative, the results of this investigation were compiled through semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions asked to three indigenous migrant families with school-age children. The theoretical approach is sociological because allowed a bibliographic review of a social phenomenon that is the migration of indigenous people and its effects on the educational space. The most important finding that we obtained is related to migration processes, which are form rural areas to urban areas and a crucial factor is the chain migration that makes it easier to settle in a new place. Also, the activities carried out by migrant people are about business related to agriculture and garment manufacturing which were their source of income in their hometowns. Finally, from the indigenous perspective is acceptable the activities carried out by children to collaborate in the running of the household like in these cases where children do housework and for this reason these activities haven’t had impact at the school.