THE FUTURE OF BILINGUAL INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION (BIE) IN ECUADOR, A PROMISE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Abstract

This research is aimed at analyzing scientific and legal sources, to determine the significance in the historical process of managing public policies in intercultural education and its correspondence with the approaches of Indigenous peoples. A bibliography review is carried out
to build the description of the indigenous peoples and nationalities in Ecuador is made, to address the importance of valuing their cultures and their languages, in the process of recognition of interculturality and the implementation of Intercultural Bilingual Education (IBE). The incorporation of the plurinational and pluricultural identity in the Ecuadorian regulations is analyzed, to then consider the process of execution of public policies in IBE. It has observed that, the management of public policies for IBE, frequently, are opposed to the proposals of the ethnic groups, provoking a parallel and not corresponding action. On the other hand, the research reflects on the participation of peoples and nationalities in this process, its proposals and challenges and achievements in the implementation of IBE. The results showed that, although there has been progress in the institutionalization of IBE in the country, the implementation of public policies often contradicts the proposals and interests of indigenous peoples, leading to parallel and uncorrelated action. It is necessary to contribute to the strengthening of IBE with the participation of the peoples and nationalities so that the demands of their rights to an education in coherence and correspondence with diversity are incorporated.