This article shows the results of a study that seeks to know the state of Rural Public Educational Institutions in Metropolitan Lima. The study was developed according to the Constructivist paradigm, taking the qualitative approach of phenomenological design. The sample consisted of eight rural school principals with a Director's Resolution assigning their functions, in which a survey technique was applied through a questionnaire and an interview, with the help of a semi-structured interview guide. This study meets the criteria of auditability, credibility, data confirmability and transferability, which determines the scientificity of this article. It addresses rural basic education, the gaps before and during the pandemic, and the factors that accentuate school dropout. The results determine that the rural populations in Metropolitan Lima do not meet the standards of infrastructure in the IIEE, and access to services, especially considering the modification of their primary activities and the inequalities of access to education, as well as the distancing of access to better opportunities in the context of the COVID -19 context.