Educational possibilities of migrant farm-worker families in Mexico in the face of the conditions of the pandemic generated by SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to show some of the conditions that will make possible or complicate the access to the right to education, as well as the permanence of school for migrant farm-worker families in the times of SARS-CoV-2, considering that a large part of the learning process relies on the families themselves. It is analyzed from the school culture and school grammar, considering the characteristics of the school for these families and the possibilities they have for respond to the conditions derived from the "Learn at home" Mexican program. A qualitative study of descriptive scope was carried out, with interviews with men and women of these families, in relation to the knowledge they have about the pandemic, about the conditions to make the necessary care to avoid contagion possible as well as schooling for girls and boys. Information about families from previous research was considered. It was found that some have access to information and that those assume the responsibility of care according to their material possibilities; and that from what they know, there are few possibilities for schooling at this time, it is concluded with the need to generate collective strategies and seek the support of businessmen, civil society and educational authorities.