Evaluación de la accesibilidad a la alimentación de los niños, niñas y adolescentes de la Institución Educativa Rural Vijagual - Bucaramanga, y su efecto en la permanencia en el sistema educativo.

Abstract

This project had as main objective evaluate the access to meals for children and teenagers in the rural Educational Institution Vijagual San Ignacio Campus and how it affects their permanency in the school with the purpose of determinate the ratio of convenience between public politics, food accessibility and school enrolment times if they have a facility specifically designed to be used as school canteen. This research contributed to specify weaknesses in the access to meals for students living in rural areas, as well as the benefits of a food supplement as a solution to reduce school dropouts, a way to break the hunger cycle, improving food security offering a school lunch that contribute to the nutrients and energy daily intakes in accordance with the zone where the school is located. Through a multiple-choice survey, focus in a specifical group of students with multiple differences in their social level for San Ignacio Campus. Initially, they were 45 students from elementary and high school courses, at the end, only 27 were chosen for the survey application. A meal option as a solution generated high and positive expectations, one of the reasons was the long road they have to take to get to their school, their parents income do not cover the three daily meals as usual, they mentioned low income, non-existent roads. As a result, it was possible conclude through a statistic tool like survey, that the access to a food supplement as a social instrument will improve the food security in the student population, also contribute to local economies allowing access to food in quantity and quality and opportunity in Vijagual, a village located in Bucaramanga.