OECD slams Colombia over failing education system
International economic cooperation organization OECD slammed Colombia, an aspiring member, for its failing education system.
International economic cooperation organization OECD slammed Colombia, an aspiring member, for its failing education system.
Colombia performed poorly on its 2015 English proficiency exam, receiving a grade of “very low” in a recent global index despite government funds and initiatives pouring into the country’s education sector.
Colombia will be sending students on intensive English language crash courses to increase the number of nationals that can speak the language.
Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office has sued the governor of the country’s poorest province in order to prevent the governor from taking action that would leave 77,700 children without school food.
Thirteen teachers have been forced to leave their Medellin teaching jobs and in some cases flee the city in the first ten days of August alone after receiving death threats. The…
Almost a thousand raids have resulted in the arrest of over 800 individuals responsible for drug dealing in schools and universities across western and central Colombia.
Some 400 Bogota public school children suffered food poisoning on Thursday after eating pizzas that had been distributed for lunch, local media reported.
Colombia’s President Juan Manual Santos on Thursday announced his administration will invest $1.75 billion to improve Colombia’s education system.
Colombia’s schools will include peace-building and reconciliation in their curricula as the country’s government is trying to negotiate the end of a 50-year-long war with leftist rebel groups.