Evaluación de la formación en las escuelas de conducción no profesionales de la ciudad de Riobamba caso: Escuela de Conducción Gorge Washington

Abstract

The present study pretends to carry out an evaluation about the performance of the George Washington Driving School, in order to improve its administration and training applied to future drivers to give a positive impact on road safety in Riobamba city, focusing on academic and administrative management tools. The investigation begins with the evaluation and analysis of each one of the administrative and academic aspects of the school, where interviews, surveys and observation sheets were applied. In addition, the impact that these schools had on the road safety in Riobamba during 2018, 2019 and 2020, where surveys were applied to drivers who obtained their license for the first time in the mentioned years and vehicle capacity; and, for legal aspects, interviews were conducted with ANT authorities. Through this, it was possible to determine that this school of analysis lacks of an adequate administration, the human department is not managed either, they do not have a curriculum plan adapted for good training, their infrastructure and equipment lack of several important elements, among others of academic relevance. Regarding road safety, it was determined that the majority of drivers only received 30 class hours and did not feel in conditions to drive autonomously, thus incurring in traffic violations due to inexperience. This study proposes improvement actions for each of the aspects that presented deficiencies such as: administration, human talent management, academic training, impact on road safety and legal regulations