This phenomenon is an essential component for understanding the depth and complexity of the demands placed upon their educational systems. It is also important when attempting to shed light on the complexity of demands for improvement in our societies, which are characterized by great social inequalities that the educational system has been unable to reduce. That is because this task greatly exceeds their possibilities –in the most fragmented and unequal societies– as well as because the continent’s school systems have severe problems of efficiency and effectiveness with respect to their performance.
Este fenómeno es un componente esencial para comprender la profundidad y complejidad de las demandas que pesan sobre los sistemas educacionales, como también para vislumbrar la complejidad que alcanzan las demandas de mejoramiento en nuestra sociedades, marcadas por grandes desigualdades sociales que el sistema educacional no ha podido reducir, tanto porque esta tarea excede con creces sus posibilidades -en aquellas sociedades más fragmentadas y desiguales- como por el hecho de que los sistemas escolares del continente poseen severos problemas de eficiencia y eficacia en su actuar.