Thousands of students, teachers and activists across the country demonstrated Thursday in opposition to education reforms that propose private funding for public institutions. Students and faculty from public universities and…
English language education in Colombia is producing dire results, despite programs to encourage Spanish-English bilingualism, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the Ministry of Education in conjunction…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday condemned student protests and violence that have afflicted several Colombian universities in recent days and announced more police intervention. According to a presidential communique,…
Shakira and the Inter-American Development Bank have teamed up to rebuild a 98-year-old girls school destroyed in the Haitian earthquake last year, reported Haiti Libre on Friday. During a ceremony…
The Colombian government is revamping its early childcare policy to improve the support it gives to children under the age of 5, the presidential website reported Monday. The new policy…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced a $50 million plan to improve education over the next four years a press release from the presidential palace said Monday. In the television program…
The U.S. university where Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos earned his economics and business degree is inviting him to attend events marking the 50th anniversary of its School for Latin…
More Colombians are studying post-graduate degrees in the United States than students from any other Latin American country, newspaper Portafolio reported Monday. Colombia is 14th in the world in terms of…
President Juan Manuel Santos presents plans to reform Colombia’s education system, by bringing in public-private alliances and making the curriculum more international so that young people are competitive in the…