La brecha digital como una nueva capa de vulnerabilidad que afecta el acceso a la educación en México

Abstract

the COVID-19 caused, among others, suspension of on-site classes. With the "Stay Home" campaign, which officially started in Mexico on March 23, 2020, educational institutions were forced to suddenly migrate their services to the digital environment. However, lack of Internet access has made evident how the human right to education, considered an enabling one, is affected from new dimensions creating a need to consider not only analphabetism but digital illiteracy, as well as the digital gap in terms of access, use and competence. Approaching these two aspects from their own complexity allows us presenting the digital gap not only as a cascading vulnerability layer which affects the right to education, but as an issue that generates and triggers other kinds of pedagogical vulnerabilities. We consider that this essay analysis can be used to make visible those areas that require attention and that it will enable taking positive actions to reduce the layers of vulnerability arising from the digital gap.