About us
Regional alliance that articulates the 10 Mesoamerican countries, the private sector, international cooperation, the IDB and UNICEF, around a common goal: to transform education systems so that more vulnerable youth graduate from high school with skills relevant to life and work.
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Our goal is to increase by 3 million the number of vulnerable youth graduating from high school with adequate life and work skills
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Educación Mesoamérica:
Follows an innovative methodology of results-based financing, offering economic incentives to the countries by returning 50% of their investment if they are successful in achieving the proposed goals . It guarantees close support to the ministries of education (from the central to local level), to solve the main bottlenecks that prevent achieving the desired results. It offers countries a selection of cost-effective interventions, and independent monitoring and evaluation, to ensure constant learning and accountability.
Generates opportunities focused on the 20% most vulnerable youth, helping to reduce the educational gap, and moving the needle in indicators of three main pillars: Relevant learning (basic and transversal skills), continuous attendance (enrollment and graduation) and positive environments (free from violence and with a sense of belonging).
Acelera cambios sistémicos en materia de educación secundaria, analizando los sistemas educativos y sus condiciones de respuesta; entendiendo que los problemas que se buscan abordar son dinámicos e interdependientes; enfocando las intervenciones a los distintos puntos de apalancamiento para mover la aguja, en vez de impulsar intervenciones aisladas que abordan de manera lineal las causas de los problemas.
Sostiene una alianza con impacto regional sostenible: que permita alcanzar compromisos al más alto nivel, y articular el esfuerzo de gobiernos, sector privado, ONGs y organizaciones internacionales en torno a un objetivo común con indicadores medibles e impacto colectivo; y poniendo a disposición una plataforma para documentar aprendizajes e intervenciones para compartirlos dentro y fuera de la región.
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We are committed to a region where the future of a person is not determined by the context in which he was born, but in the development of her or his maximum potential.
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La brecha que buscamos cerrar
Today, more than two-thirds of all vulnerable youth in Mesoamerica will never finish high school. Of those who do complete their studies, only 5% will achieve the basic skills they need to thrive in their communities. Furthermore, of all the young people affected, the 80% who neither study nor work are women.
To this reality must be added a new barrier, "the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 crisis." This situation has affected 23 million young high school students in Mesoamerica, who:
- No tienen las posibilidades de aprender como solían hacerlo
- La crisis económica ha golpeado fuerte sus expectativas de progreso
- La marcada brecha digital -que dificulta la continuidad educativa- ha reducido las posibilidades de que regresen a la escuela
Estimaciones conservadoras del BID prevén que, casi un millón de jóvenes no volverá a la escuela tras la crisis del COVID-19, lo que representa un aumento del 21% en el ausentismo escolar, y con ello de una notable reducción de las perspectivas de crecimiento económico de la región.
Educación Mesoamérica es el resultado de una alianza estratégica entre el BID y UNICEF.