With the motto ‘Revolutionize your life’, The Government of Colombia launched the enrollment campaign for the 2025 school year with an invitation to all families and the educational community to guarantee free access to education throughout the country. Learn the details of this program and how to access spots.
The offer of school places is open so that people of all ages, conditions and origins who wish to study can access the educational system with equal opportunities and obtain the benefits granted by the Government through free universal education in the country’s official schools.
It is important to remember that all procedures carried out in official public educational establishments, such as registration, enrollment, transfers and withdrawals, are completely free.
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Step by step, how to register for ‘Revolutionize your life’
1. Go to the educational institution closest to your residence or to the Ministry of Education of your jurisdiction.
2. Request a place in the grade you need and submit the required documents:
– Copy of the student’s identification document.
– Copy of guardian document.
– Degree approval or promotion certificate.
– Certificate of grades (in case of transfer).
3. The assignment of the educational institution will be made according to its availability of places.
4. Verify that the procedure was completed and that the student is registered in the Integrated Enrollment System – Simat.
Can you request an educational transfer?
Those who need to travel between different educational institutions, venues or conferences must also go to the nearest educational establishment or to the Secretary of Education to carry out the procedure.
“Each Ministry of Education establishes a schedule for the enrollment of students and the beginning of the school calendar, which is why it is important that people interested in a school place check the dates at the respective Ministry of Education or in the educational establishments themselves” , indicates the Ministry’s page.
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Does the registration process in Colombia have any cost?
It is important that citizens know that all the procedures carried out in the establishments official public educational services such as: registration, enrollment, transfers and withdrawals, among others, They are totally free.
The educational establishment will inform you that the student is duly enrolled once you have completed the procedure and the requested documentation, but there will be no charge for this.