Colombia’s new Minister of Education announced a new plan to end illiteracy, as part of the government’s mid-term goal of making Colombia the most educated in Latin America by 2025, according to…
President Juan Manuel Santos announced a new longterm goal Wednesday to convert Colombia into the most educated nation in Latin American by 2025.
Children in Colombia’s northern state of Antioquia are learning how to read with the help of a comic leaflet that teaches them how to avoid stepping on landmines and other…
Public schools in Bogota will be closed ahead of the massive labor protests scheduled throughout the city Thursday, with classes cancelled for over 1,000,000 students.
25 Colombian youth have enrolled in Ecuadorean schools following threats against teachers by illegal armed groups in southwestern Colombia. Students from the Cumbal municipality in the border department of Nariño have…
Colombian singer Andres Cepeda performed with a host of international musicians at a benefit concert in Bogota on Saturday night, raising over $3 million for flood-damaged schools, reported W Radio. Eight…
Medellin gave 410 musical instruments to the city music schools Friday as part of a cultural and social development project. The instruments were handed over by Secretary of Culture Luis…
A 15-year-old girl lost part of her ear during a fight last Friday at a Medellin school, El Tiempo reported Monday. According to the victim’s mother, “during a change of classes,…
Fifteen thousand Colombian police officers have been assigned to schools across the country to guarantee the security of students and teachers. Drugs, weapons, and violence are endemic within the Colombian…