Colombian teachers, students protest education reforms
Thousands of teachers and students took to the streets of several of Colombia’s major cities Wednesday “in defense of public education.” The demonstrations aimed to reject a proposal by the…
Thousands of teachers and students took to the streets of several of Colombia’s major cities Wednesday “in defense of public education.” The demonstrations aimed to reject a proposal by the…
The Colombian government has abandoned its controversial plan to allow private companies to finance public universities, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday. The plan led to massive student protests in…
Einstein, the Exhibition will run in Medellin until October 2 at Parque Explora. More than 100 letters, experiments, manuscripts, and other items offer visitors a glimpse into the life of…
President Santos announced Thursday an expansion of a Colombian student-loan program that will benefit 230,000 Colombian students. Santos announced that he will boost the government’s student-loan budget to $2 billion,…
Colombian pop diva Shakira wrote about the value of education for peace and her recent trip to Israel in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post Wednesday. In the article,…
The minister of education announced Wednesday that the government will nearly double the budget for higher education. In a meeting with the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) and the State…
Sixty impoverished elders learn to read and write, thanks to a Bogota university and social program. According to El Espectador, an investment of $70,000 provided seniors with 288 hours of…
The FARC are turning to the use of urban militias as a new strategy in the guerrilla groups’s 47-year old armed fight against the Colombian state, armed forces commander Admiral…
Colombian professors prepare to hand the government demands for education reform that guarantee the rights of public universities, which they say are endangered by President Juan Manuel Santos’ education reform…