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 ural communities, through  access to Higher Education, which favors socioeconomic development and the reduction of poverty in the rural sector.