Tag: education reform
The problems facing Colombia’s public universities
As education reform is put on the back burner, the core problems affecting Colombia’s system of...
Colombia students announce new strike
Colombia’s main student organization on Monday announced to shut down higher education on...
Shutdown of Colombia’s schools imminent
Education workers on Wednesday said that they will be forced to go ahead with their planned...
Colombian students, professors march to protest government’s ‘broken promises’
Tens of thousands of Colombian students and professors marched Wednesday to demand the government keeps its promise of including them in the preparation of reforms in the country’s education system. The students claim the...
Colombia’s cities brace for student protests
Colombia’s major cities embrace as students have announced massive protests for Wednesday demanding the government keep its promise on educational reform. While previous student demonstrations were mainly peaceful,...
Students announce new strike over education reform
Colombian students announced Sunday to repeat last year’s month-long strike over a pensing higher education reform. Students from all over Colombia will protest on September 5 to remind the government it has failed to...
Students chosen to discuss education reform with Colombian government
Colombian university students selected 25 student representatives to participate in an upcoming education reform debate with the Colombian government, according to local media reports Sunday. 25 representatives were chosen from...
Colombian universities draft education reform bill
Colombian university leaders have provided details of their proposed new education reform plan, reported local media Monday. After a meeting at the Medellin branch of Colombia’s National University, the country’s...
Colombia calls on students, teachers to help reform higher education
The Colombian government has called on everyone involved in higher education to nominate their representatives for in a nationwide reform process. In a statement Tuesday, Education Minister Maria Fernanda Campo called on...
Antioquia students refuse to end strike
Students from Colombia’s University of Antioquia decided not to return to classes until authorities comply with their demands. A spokesman for the General Assembly of the University of Antioquia demanded the...
Colombian students join Latin American march for better education
Colombian students have gathered in Bogota to call for Latin American educational reform, following successful protests against their own government. The march in Bogota was part of a coordinated student action in countries...
Colombia to ‘bury’ education reform after student protests
Colombian congressmen announced on Tuesday their decision to effectively withdraw a controversial education reform, in order to put an immediate end to student protests. House representative Wilson Gomez declared that the...
