Higher Education in Intercultural and Community Universities: A look at the legal framework and public policies in Central America

Abstract

For years, the countries of the Central American region have taken on challenges that highlight the commitment to promote and guarantee a pertinent and appropriate education, adjusted to intercultural and multicultural contexts. This article investigates the changing context, starting from a recent and current past, which implies the complexity of living in the midst of a pandemic that shows other collective and personal difficulties, which deepen the gaps and inequalities that peoples face. For the development of this article, the exploration of texts and writings from the identification and descriptive selection was considered, in terms of the theme raised in the magazine: Public Policies, in which the Political Constitutions was also investigated. For this case, the Central American region was focused. Despite the fact that different countries have a number of educational policies, decrees and plans, much remains to be done to consolidate the foundations of a complete educational process that reduces inequalities and promotes social justice. The results and discussions show that the value lies in the involvement of the human being as the center of new learning spaces, in such a way that the historical struggle of peoples, can continue against everything that seeks to colonize reason, knowledge, feeling and being.