Colombia Politics » education http://www.colombia-politics.com Opinion Analysis & Campaigns Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Peace, equality and education http://www.colombia-politics.com/peace-equality-education/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/peace-equality-education/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:21:22 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3961 The holy trinity. That’s what Colombia’s President Santos is promising in his second four year term. Peace, equality (or more precisely, equity) and education; the three pillars of the new administration. Any businessman will tell you to under promise and over deliver. Not a lesson Mr Santos appears to understand. He breathlessly urges, “together, for […]

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]]> http://www.colombia-politics.com/peace-equality-education/feed/ 0 Too poor for school in Regalo del Dios http://www.colombia-politics.com/poverty-education/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/poverty-education/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 02:51:12 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=3273 Anna Tyor recently spent time in Regalo del Dios, Antioquia. Ana`s portrait of this “Forgotten Colombia” is being published on Colombia Politics over four articles here. The view from the school high in the mountains is impressive. From inside the barbed-wire fences you can see the line of newly developed cable cars drift down the valley’s […]

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]]> http://www.colombia-politics.com/poverty-education/feed/ 1 How to release Colombia´s potential http://www.colombia-politics.com/how-to-release-colombia%c2%b4s-potential/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/how-to-release-colombia%c2%b4s-potential/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:45:50 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=2178 When you visit Colombia it’s not uncommon to be surprised by the kindness of its people, who will charm you with their smiles and good manners. But if you stay in Colombia for a little longer, as an expat perhaps, or as a national as well, you will also be exposed to a less charming […]

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]]> http://www.colombia-politics.com/how-to-release-colombia%c2%b4s-potential/feed/ 10 Extra year for Colombia’s school children? http://www.colombia-politics.com/extra-year-for-colombias-school-children/ http://www.colombia-politics.com/extra-year-for-colombias-school-children/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:28:52 +0000 http://www.colombia-politics.com/?p=1980 A report published last week by two major international institutions advised the Colombian government to introduce an extra year of compulsory schooling into its education system. The paper compiled by the OECD and the World Bank and reviewed the tertiary education sector, making a number of recommendations that they believe will systematically improve the education […]

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