A way towards higher education for Aymara students in the University of Tarapacá, Arica-Chile

Abstract

In the present article we want to share not only the work we have done, but also the academic experience of the Thakhi Programme (“road” in Aymara language) developed at the Universidad de Tarapacá, in favour of students with an Aymara origin who attend regular classes at this institution. Such a task is still in progress, with the aim of having a warmer university community towards the cultural diversity of our students. of opportunity”, something which has made young Indian and mestizo students aware of the fact that it is not only a place of inclusion, but also a place where processes of exclusion are developing through the model of intercultural education.