UNICAM Estelí Program: An opportunity for improvement for rural youth

Abstract

This article presents the development and operation of  the University in the Countryside Program (UNICAM),  implemented by the National Autonomous University  of Nicaragua, through the Multidisciplinary Faculty  of Estelí, as well as its implication on rural youth, the  family and the community in the northern rural area of  Nicaragua. If we assess the social impact of the program  during these 10 years, we have to affirm that students  have been served in their own territory, coming from  20 communities in the departments of Estelí and  Nueva Segovia, avoiding displacement to the municipal  capital and facilitating access to Higher Education to  which they are entitled and which has been restored  through government policies. Therefore, this article  makes known the importance of the UNICAM Program,  whose objective is to support the strengthening of   rural communities, through access to Higher Education,  which favors socioeconomic development and the  reduction of poverty in the rural sector.