Colombia’s govt. expects to eradicate illiteracy by 2018
Colombia’s new Minister of Education announced a new plan to end illiteracy, as part of the...
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President wants Colombia to be most educated Latin American country by 2025
President Juan Manuel Santos announced a new longterm goal Wednesday to convert Colombia into the...
Bogota’s public schools cancelled in preparation for Thursday’s labor protests
Public schools in Bogota will be closed ahead of the massive labor protests scheduled throughout...
Colombian students flee to Ecuadorean schools
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 been...
Mulitnational concert raises over $3M for flood damaged schools
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 other musicians...
Medellin gives 410 instruments to music schools
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 Miguel Usuga Samudio in the Moravia...
Teen girl suffers violent attack in Medellin school
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, my daughter was coming downstairs...
