Education in Colombia
How can Colombia improve both the quality and equity of its education system while
also addressing efficiency challenges? Despite a fundamental transformation of its
education system over the past two decades, Colombia faces two critical challenges:
high levels of inequality from the earliest years and low levels of quality across
its education system. This report assesses Colombia’s policies and practices against
the best approaches in education and skills from across the OECD. It analyses its
education system’s major strengths and the challenges it faces, from early childhood
education and care to tertiary education. With insights drawn from international research,
it offers recommendations on how Colombia can improve quality and equity to reach
its goal of being the “most educated” country in Latin America by 2025. This report
will be of interest in Colombia as well as other countries looking to raise the quality,
equity and efficiency of their education systems.
Published on April 21, 2016
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