Vocational guidance regarding gender equality and equity

Abstract

The study was carried out at the Regional Multidisciplinary Faculty of Estelí, with the purpose of analyzing the factors that influence the  vocational orientation of men and women. This  diagnosis has a methodology with a qualitative  approach, it is composed of a population of 41  students, who correspond to the careers of  Engineering in Renewable Energies and Social  Sciences; A sample of 12 students was used. To  collect data and process the due analysis of the  information, a semi-structured questionnaire and  unstructured interview were applied. In the same  way, talks and workshops were applied to the  groups of the population under study. The  students questioned state that they received  vocational guidance preparation in the last year of  secondary education. As a result, 70% of the  sample reported having received lectures, 20%  only took tests and 10% received lectures. In this  way, it is concluded the importance of applying  different methodological strategies that favor the  development of competencies in vocational  training, as well as personal development for the  empowerment of men and women in the  different  occupational fields.