Internet access as an effective guarantee of education in the pandemic stage

Abstract

Since March 2020 and with the pandemic generated by the COVID-19 virus, virtuality
has spread and was adopted in various fields, including education. Under the educational
strategy implemented by the Government, students from public schools must receive virtual
classes, but for this they require access to the Internet and electronic devices that allow
them to establish a connection with their teachers. However, the present study showed
that virtuality excluded a significant percentage of students who do not have access to the
Internet or a computer or electronic device to receive classes, from the educational system;
at the same time, this situation exposed the existing digital divide in our society, derived
from the social inequalities that still persist and that it is the task of the social State of Costa
Rican law to try to remedy, since this is what the Political Constitution imposes.