Thousands of students across Colombia took to the streets on Tuesday and Wednesday to demand increased funding for public education. Major cities such as Bogota and Medellin saw young people…
Colombia will take to the polls to elect a new president in May. These are the leading candidates’ proposals on how they want to improve the country’s troubled education system. Gustavo…
Some $175 million that was allocated to finance the school food program that is meant to reduce child mortality in Colombia is unaccounted for, according to the Inspector General’s Office.…
Colombia’s public school teachers have gone on strike for the second time in a year. According to the teachers, the government failed to keep the promises made to end last…
Colombia’s school food program is in danger. Governors no longer want to fund the program that is considered essential for the prevention of child deaths. Hundreds of children have died…
Colombia will restore history classes in school 23 years after they controversially were removed from the curriculum. Colombians’ knowledge of their own past has been weakened since 1994 when history…
Widespread corruption in a program to feed Colombia’s poor children has resulted in $16 million losses, according to newspaper El Tiempo. The practice was first reported in 2012 and has…
In an attempt to “structure a real calendar that fits the Caribbean reality,” the mayor of the coastal Colombian city Soledad banned classes before 9AM and all homework. According to…
Hundreds of thousands of Colombia’s school teachers ended a five-week strike on Friday after coming to an agreement on investment in public education and improved working conditions. Education Minister Yaneth…