The progress in the indicators of the National Development Plan, proposed by the government of Gustavo Petro, in Education, registered on the platform of the National Planning Department (DNP), that an execution of 55.8% has been achieved in the 23 goals planned for the four -year period.
Of that total goals, a diverse advance in the different proposals is estimated through synergy. For example, the highest execution is the ‘immediate traffic rate to higher education in rural areas’, which It already reaches 104.31%progress, but with a cut date until December 31, 2023.
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In that front, the government raised as a goal to travel that rate from 23.9% to 26% in the four -year period, where among the main progress is that the Ministry of Education advanced in the processes with the Inter -American Development Bankfor the implementation of the immediate transit program to Higher Education (PTIES), and with the “I can study” and “Higher Education in your territory” policy.
Very linked to the above, another indicators that with good results is the ‘immediate transit rate from grade 9 to grade 10’. Over there, 93.31% progress is recorded.
For this case, the DNP details that progress was made in the addition of resources to the Traffic Fund to Secondary Education and invitation to implemers in territory was made, aimed at the 12 Integrated Middle and Higher Education Systems (SIMES) that since 2024 they have been developing socio-social guidance processes.
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89.32% execution reaches coverage in higher education, whose goal for the four -year is to reach 62%.
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The coverage
Now, one of the foci of education in Colombia has to do with coverage. As is well known, Urban areas have greater incidence in it, while in the case of rural, the country still faces gaps.
However, through synergy, the government reports advances in that front at different levels. For example, in the case of higher education, They emphasize that an advance of 89.32% has been achieved With cut to December 2024. In this goal, it was planned to reach a coverage of 62% in the four -year period, with a base start of 53.94%.
It should be noted that according to the Ministry of Education, the “I can study” free policy and the axes of the “Higher Education in your territory” that impact the rate at this level of education have been implemented.
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84.48% progress records the School Food Program (PAE), whose total goal is 95%.
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Additionally, In terms of net coverage in secondary education, 77.72%has been managed. For this occasion, the government set a 65% rate with accompaniments and training through the portfolio in order to positively impact the proposal.
On the other hand, large coverage has been given in the School Food Program. For this indicator, progress has been made at 84.48%, But a 95% coverage goal was set in these four years.
This goal is one of the few that have a cutting date at 2025, and on the platform, they justify that progress because the operation of the PAE was strengthened through a better coordination between etc and operators, improving the continuity of the service and timely care. “Progress was made in the effective implementation of the program and in the guarantee of the right to school food”, They indicate.
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0% progress presents the literacy target of people over 15 with differential strategies.
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Now, lower efforts have to do with the indicators of ‘literate people through educational strategies with differential approach to life’ and ‘percentage of peasant population that does not know how to read and write’. Each has had a progress of 0% and 3.6%, respectively.
In the case of the first, the government set a goal of impact At least 800,000 people over 15 years old. However, there are no reports or progress or the cutting date of it.
Regarding the second, it was proposed to lower the rate of peasant people who does not know how to read or write to 4.3%. But, with a cut at December 31, 2024, the progress has only reached 3.6%. It is said that “The Ministry of Education, advanced in the execution of the implementation of the Literacy Project Special Special Actually Integrated Cycle 1 for Peasant Population with the National Open National University already distanced in 5 certified territorial entities“
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55.8% progress record the 23 education goals of the National Development Plan on the Synergy Platform of the DNP.
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Dropout and new university students
In terms of intraanual dropout of the official sector, the DNP reports that there is an advance of 41.34% in this indicator. Although the goal has not reached half, the government set a goal of reducing said data to 2.58%, starting from the baseline of 4.37%. It is worth noting that this figure includes several of the education levels in the country.
Now, in the face of new students in the university sector, it is estimated that 38.10% progress has been made in this goal. There it was estimated that a total of 500,000 students to public institutions arrived in the four -year period, But until December 2024, only 190,000 have been achieved.
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Diana K. Rodríguez T.
Portfolio journalist
