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LEARNING FROM THE COLOMBIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ITS NORMS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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This is a guide to understanding key aspects of the education system and the rules that regulate it<\/p><\/div>[vc_text_separator title=”” color=”white” border_width=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” pix_over_visibility=”” css=”.vc_custom_1707778478376{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_row pix_particles_check=””][vc_column]

To better understand Colombia's education system and its regulations, four main topics must be examined:<\/span><\/span>
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<\/svg>Structure of the Educational System<\/span><\/a><\/div>
<\/svg>Branches of the Legislative Power<\/span><\/a><\/div>
<\/svg>Regulatory System<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Structure of the Educational System<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708526474437{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
The Colombian education system has a decentralized structure<\/strong>. This means that the State transfers functions and powers of the administration of the territorial entities and gives <\/strong>them autonomy so that they can develop them freely. To this extent, the functioning of the education system depends on the Ministry of National Education and the Secretariats of Education<\/strong>. Know the specific responsibilities of each one.<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/svg>Ministry of National Education<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Ministry of National Education (MEN)<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

This entity is the head of the education sector<\/strong> and its most visible dependency. Currently, it is in charge of the following tasks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Frame policies<\/strong> for the education sector and dictate standards for the delivery of services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finance, co-finance and evaluate<\/strong> investment programs, plans and projects with resources other than those of the General System of Participations (SGP).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Establish curricular and pedagogical standards<\/strong> without prejudice to the autonomy of educational institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Regulate the contests<\/strong> that apply for the teaching career.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Provide technical and administrative assistance<\/strong> to territorial entities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Distribute the General System of Participations (SGP)’s resources<\/strong>for education.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Certified Secretariats of Education<\/h5><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]In Colombia there are 97 Certified Secretariats of Education<\/strong>. These are public entities linked to governors or mayors that are responsible for managing and providing educational services at the territorial level<\/strong>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]See Secretariats<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]According to Law 715 of 2001, in order for there to be a Certified Ministry of Education in a territory, it must be recognized as a Certified Territorial Entity (ETC):<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]1. All Departments<\/span><\/span>2. Municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants<\/span><\/span>
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The Certified Secretariats of Education are responsible for the following tasks:<\/p><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”214328″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1707876480955{margin-top: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]Establish policies, plans and programs in accordance with the criteria of the Ministry of National Education.<\/span><\/span>Manage and execute the resources assigned for the provision of the educational service.<\/span><\/span>

Organize the state educational service and supervise the service provided by official and private entities.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Schedule training actions for state teaching and administrative staff.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Provide accompaniment and technical assistance to educational establishments.<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs]<\/div>
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Government Branches<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707877863427{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

The Colombian State is made of five pillars:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autonomous and independent bodies<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]
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Control
\nAgencies<\/span><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707936483298{margin-top: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

This section focuses on the dynamics of the government brancges, which were reconfigured by mandate of the 1991 Political Constitution, which assigned specific functions to each one and separated their powers within the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/svg>Judicial Branch<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″]
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Pillars of the Colombian State<\/h5><\/div>[vc_single_image image=”214329″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Judicial
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Judicial Branch<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text]It is in charge of administering justice, protecting rights, and resolving conflicts between people based on the law<\/strong>. Its decisions are embodied in judgments, concepts or orders. Such decisions, especially judgments, can regulate, define or clarify matters relevant to the education sector in a definitive way.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]
Relevant judgments<\/span><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]

regarding the education sector.<\/p><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Legislative
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Legislative Branch<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text]It is responsible for promulgating the laws that govern the national territory.<\/strong> Its only body is the Congress of the Republic, which is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]

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Senate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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House of Representatives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Congress of the Republic<\/h6><\/div>[vc_column_text]It is the only one that can enact regulations with legal force in Colombia<\/strong> (except in some cases in which the president can also do so). Congress operates in ordinary sessions between July 20th and December 16th and between March 16th and June 20th. This period is known as the legislature. It is important to bear in mind that a constitutional term consists of four legislatures.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”214330″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”]
Senate<\/h6><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]This corporation is made up of representatives from all over the national territory, divided as follows:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]

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Senators elected by citizens from across the country<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Senators established by the Peace Agreement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Seat assigned to the second most voted presidential ticket<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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House of Representatives<\/h6><\/div>[vc_column_text]This corporation consists of 162 seats occupied by representatives from all over the national territory, divided as follows:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]

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Peace Circumscriptions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Afro-descendant communities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Indigenous communities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Representative of Colombians Abroad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Second most voted vice-presidential ticket<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Representatives of the Peace Agreement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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At least 2 for each territorial jurisdiction according to the number of inhabitants of each department and Bogot\u00e1<\/p><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]

Constitutional Commissions<\/h6><\/div>[vc_column_text]The Constitution establishes that Congress must meet in permanent commissions. The Senate and House have seven independent commissions<\/strong> each, and all members of Congress must belong to one of them. Each of the seven commissions focuses on specific themes. Four of them are particularly relevant to education issues: the First, Third, Fourth and Sixth Commissions<\/strong>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1708358842611{margin-top: 100px !important;}”]
First Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Second Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Third Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Fourth Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Fifth Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Sixth Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Seventh Commission<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”214332″ img_size=”260 x 532″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1708367109289{margin-top: 10px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

In short, the legislative branch<\/strong> has the power to transform the national regulatory framework<\/strong> and therefore, to adjust the playing field to promote improvements in the country’s education.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To consult the relevant legislative initiatives regarding the education sector, you can go to: legislative initiatives<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Executive Branch<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text]It is responsible for administering the State, i.e., enforcing the law, ensuring security and citizen coexistence, collecting taxes and providing public services (including the education service<\/strong>). Its head is the President of the Republic, who acts as chief of the National Government. At the territorial level it is made up of the following entities: mayors’ offices, councils, assemblies and governorships.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Although the Executive Branch is made up of several entities, the following graph shows those that are especially relevant in the field of education:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”214333″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Affiliated entity:<\/strong> is an organization or entity that is under the supervision and control of another State entity, usually a Ministry, but that has a certain autonomy in decision-making and management of its resources. They have a hierarchical and controlling relationship with the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Related entity:<\/strong> is an entity that has a relationship of cooperation or collaboration in the execution of public policies or in the fulfillment of a specific state function.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both affiliated entities and related entities are subject to the regulations and supervision of state control bodies in Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ministry of National Education<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Mayors and Councils<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Governorates and Assemblies<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Secretariats of Education<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Educational Infrastructure Financing Fund (FFIE)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Studies Abroad (ICETEX)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education (ICFES)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Fund for the Development of Higher Education \u2013 FODESEP<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]
Foods for learning<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
National Institute for the Blind (INCI)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>National Institute for the Deaf (INSOR)<\/span><\/svg><\/span>
Central Technical Institute Technological School (ETITC)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
National Institute of Vocational Technical Training of San Andr\u00e9s and Providencia (INFOTEP SAI)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
National Institute of Vocational Technical Training of San Juan del Cesar (INFOTEP SAN JUAN)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Tolimense Institute of Technical Vocational Training (ITFIP)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
Sim\u00f3n Rodr\u00edguez National Technical Institute of Commerce (INTENALCO)<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs]<\/div>
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Regulatory System<\/h5><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”214334″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707925938693{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

A legal system sets out the playing field in a society,<\/strong> which can be formal or informal. In the Colombian normative framework, formal rules are expressed as norms that include the Constitution, laws, decrees, circulars, resolutions and other instruments that guide the actions of bodies, institutions, citizens and society.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Las normas responden a una jerarqu\u00eda:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Political Constitution and International Human Rights Treaties<\/td>\n\n
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Laws and decree laws<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ordinary Decrees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Resolutions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Directives and circulars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Definitions of important terms to understand the legal system:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Constitution<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/div>
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Legislative procedures<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707925938693{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

A legal system sets out the playing field in a society,<\/strong> which can be formal or informal. In the Colombian normative framework, formal rules are expressed as norms that include the Constitution, laws, decrees, circulars, resolutions and other instruments that guide the actions of bodies, institutions, citizens and society.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The regulatory framework that guides the Colombian education system has three ways of renewing itself: by creating new standards, modifying them or repealing them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The changes or creation of the national regulatory framework occur after a process called the legislative process, through two types of legislative initiatives:<\/p>\n

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Legislative process for a bill to become part of the regulatory framework<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708097243866{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

First, they must be filed with one of the corporations<\/strong> (House or Senate). Then, the secretariat of the corporation assigns to each project a Constitutional Commission according to its theme. Finally, they must go through four debates, two in each corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The following graph shows the different processes that a bill must go through to become a law or decree law, and all the instances where it can fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A bill becomes a law or decree law when it passes four debates and is approved by the required majorities.<\/strong> However, if the text adopted in one plenary is different from the one adopted in the other, a new debate must take place. In this fifth debate, a conciliation commission, made up of an equal number of senators and representatives, presents a report with the final text that it recommends be approved as a law of the Republic.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conversely, it does not become law or decree when it is filed or withdrawn.<\/strong> The former occurs when it does not obtain the required majorities and the latter when the author decides to withdraw it at some point in the process.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Exceptions to the legislative process in bills<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708099535378{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

In very special cases, the process of approving bills can be expedited by processing through joint constitutional committees.<\/strong> These are created when the commissions of each corporation in charge of the same subject meet. For example, when the Sixth Committee of the Senate and the Sixth Committee of the House, in charge of education, meet to discuss a legislative initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This procedure can be presented by two types of provision:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The legislative procedure for drafting legislative acts<\/h5><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708100060969{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Although legislative bills can begin their processing in either of the two corporations (House or Senate), like bills, the former are only studied in the first committees and must be discussed in a single legislature<\/strong>. These projects go through two rounds: a first period of four debates and a second period of another four.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the first round, the legislative act draft must be approved by a simple majority, while in the second round, approval must be given by an absolute majority.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A simple majority is obtained when it is approved by a majority of the members of Congress present in the room. In contrast, an absolute majority is obtained when more than half plus one (+1) of all congress members approve it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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