Análisis de la inversión pública en educación superior en el Ecuador en el período 2013 - 2017 y la percepción sobre esta inversión de estudiantes profesores.

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to analyze public investment in higher education during the 2013 - 2017 period, in order to evaluate the relevance and efficiency of public policy, in favor of the transformation of the productive matrix of Ecuador. In the last decade of the Eco government period. Rafael Correa justified public investment in three fundamental sectors: infrastructure, health and education. The latter is estimated at a figure greater than $ 11,746 million, between 2007 and 2015, with a contribution greater than 2.1% of GDP, being considered one of the highest in the Latin American region. Among the main changes that have been evidenced, is the improvement of the academic level of the teaching staff that went from having around 7,600 teachers with Master's and PhD degrees in 2008, to surpass the 23,000 people with this academic degree in 2016. Aspect which means a better transfer of knowledge to students. However, there was also a need to try to align the demands of knowledge of the productive sectors with the academy, so that there is an adequate articulation that allows a true transformation of the productive matrix, based on scientific knowledge, as an unlimited source developmental