Abstract

DIAZ GUEVARA, Juan Carlos  and  CAMACHO SANDOVAL, Salvador. The Difficult Link between School and Work in Vocational Secondary Education. The Case of Conalep Aguascalientes, Mexico. Rev. latinoam. estud. educ. [online]. 2022, vol.52, n.2, pp.121-146.  Epub May 02, 2022. ISSN 2448-878X.  https://doi.org/10.48102/rlee.2022.52.2.501.

This paper aims to show the difficulty of making the discourse of the link between professional technical education and the world of work in Mexico come true. From the analysis of several studies and, mainly, the results of an investigation of a case, it explores how the National College of Technical Professional Education (Conalep) in Aguascalientes uses linking strategies to approach the productive sector, in terms of its academic commission, support for the labor market, obtaining resources and its administrative management. The study has a qualitative approach through 12 semi-structured interviews with graduates, four with teachers, and four with school principals. The findings account for the type of school-work relationship developed by Conalep and the problems that prevent the achievement of objectives: management deficiencies, lack of technology, limitations in training and teaching practice, and, particularly, the absence of personnel, which causes non-compliance with agreements, lack of graduates’ follow-up, and deficiencies in the labor market. The latter causes graduates to depend on their direct social relations to obtain work so that they do not go to their institution support offices.

Keywords : Link technical education and work; graduates; social relations; Conalep.

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