Implementation of the Bilingual Intercultural Education Program in a Lima-Peru School

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the level of implementation of the Bilingual Intercultural Education Program (BIE) in the Bilingual Intercultural School “Shipibo Community”. The participants were 24 students of primary level (11 of 5th grade and 13 of 6th grade). We conclude that the level of implementation of the BIE program is low because, according to the dimensions evaluated, such as: teachers, curriculum content and educational materials, the basic characteristics of an intercultural school are not met. In this sense, teachers speak and write very little during classes in the Shipibo language. These include, to a lesser extent, the linguistic, technical knowledge and values of the Shipibo-Konibo population during the teaching-learning processes. In addition, with respect to educational materials, these are often found in Spanish, rarely in the Shipibo language and are also decontextualized. Finally, there is a significant difference in the level of knowledge and satisfaction that Shipibo and non-Shipibo students feel about the language, since there is a positive attitude, from the first students, towards that Amazonian language.