Education system in Colombia

General structure

The Colombian educational system

is structured by levels, which are

small  stages  in  the  formation

process.  Which are longer stages

and which group together grades

with the same specific educational

objectives.

Education levels

Pre-school

Education

Basic Education

Higher Education

Informal Education

Leading to degrees in

expertise dealing with

technical levels in specific

areas and focusing primarily

on training to generate first-

hand livelihoods

Basic Education

At this stage of schooling, 1 degree of transition is contemplated.

The level is based on the

principles of integrity.

Preschool Education

This level consists of two large cycles, which together group nine grades of schooling. It provides a general education through access to scientific, technological,  artistic,

humanistic  and  mathematical

knowledge.

Higher Education

It is regulated by the Ministry of

Education of Colombia and is

taught in universities and other

institutions of higher education. It is

divided into several levels

distributed between undergraduate

and graduate.

Education in Colombia

In Colombia, education is defined as a process of permanent, personal, cultural and social formation based on an integral conception of the human person, his dignity, his rights and his duties.

In our Political Constitution the fundamental notes of the nature of the educational service are given. It indicates, for example, that it is a right of the person, a public service that has a social function and that it corresponds to the State to regulate and exercise the supreme inspection and surveillance of the educational service in order to ensure its quality, the fulfillment of its purposes and the best moral, intellectual, and physical formation of the students. It also establishes that the adequate coverage of the service must be guaranteed and that minors must be assured of the necessary conditions for their access to and permanence in the educational system.

