Formación política desde la educación básica en Chiclayo

The objective of this study was to evaluate the educational policy of citizen participation in regular basic education, aimed at the formation of a student political culture, in educational institutions in Chiclayo. It was proposed as a quantitative research, non-experimental design, descriptive cross-sectional type. Based on a sample made up of 298 fifth grade high school students in Educational Institutions of the Chiclayo District, who applied two questionnaires, one on educational policy of citizen participation, and another on political culture. Among the results, it was observed that 39% of the students presented a low level of citizen participation, from the perspective of knowledge and participatory intervention both inside and outside the institution. Likewise, 36% showed a regular level in political culture, in relation to the cognitive aspect, and high in the affective aspect. They did not know the mechanisms that exist to participate in public affairs, but despite this they showed interest in political issues. The implementation of an educational policy of citizen participation from regular basic education will contribute significantly to the formation of a student political culture in the educational institutions of Chiclayo.