After formally assuming the post of Minister of Education, Alejandro Gaviria announced, in one of his first interventions, that from the portfolio they would begin to develop the reform to the Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Studies Abroad (Icetex).
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“Probably in the next few weeks we will start working on a reform of Icetex,” said the minister.
This is one of the changes that are planned from the Ministry of Education as well as the Law 30 of 1992 on the financing of Higher Education and the General System of Participation, which defines the resources for education. These would take place next year, according to the head of the portfolio.
Gaviria also spoke about the priorities of the Ministry. “We want to promote a substantial increase in the coverage of Higher Education, as was said over and over again during the program of our president Gustavo Petro“, he pointed out.
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the minister @agaviriau greets the educational community, invites it to build and work collectively so that education is the protagonist of development and the search for reconciliation and peace. Likewise, he presented the actions that will be implemented in the sector ?? pic.twitter.com/tbbuZb5kjH
— MinEducation (@Mineducacion) August 9, 2022
Along with this, strengthen the financing of public universities to solve structural resource problems. In this sense, they seek to put into practice what the minister called a ‘ambitious educational infrastructure plan’work with the culture sector in an extended day dedicated to the arts and close the educational gaps that arose during the pandemic in the regions.
“We want the educational sector to be the protagonist of the stories of development and of the search for reconciliation and peace in our country. We want an educational sector committed to peaceGaviria said in the video that was released through the official accounts of the Ministry of Education.
The minister said that with Petro they came to the conclusion that they want to be remembered for what they are going to do with education in the country.
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It is important to remember that one of Gustavo Petro’s campaign proposals was to condone the current credits of Icetex users.
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