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In a new forum Caracol Radio and Hora 20, the “Challenges and opportunities of education” as this has been one of the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, on this occasion they discussed this atypical year, virtuality; the blendedness, the gaps that became evident and the increasing numbers of school dropouts. Also a look at what is coming in 2021; the increase in the budget; changes for education from learning methods to changes in infrastructure; as well as the future plans of the government in the education sector.
This 2020 became the year of challenges for almost all sectors; Because with the arrival of a pandemic that has killed 1.6 million people and a virus that circulates freely in the environment, governments had to take measures to protect their citizens and it is at this point that sectors have great Challenges: overcoming closure. Today we talked about education, yesterday we talked about the economy, the contraction and what is coming. However, education is at stake for the future of society and the training of millions of young people and children.
With the closure of schools in order to avoid contagion, the aim was to transfer nearly 11 million students in Colombia from classrooms to virtuality, a great challenge that was faced but which at the same time began to reveal the shortcomings of the system: lack of connectivity; outdated learning systems; domestic violence; lack of access to food, among many other issues. This situation has led to 158 thousand children and young people having dropped out of education until the beginning of December, that is 1.3 percent and it is expected that in about 70 percent of the educational institutions of higher education the dropout rate be 10 percent.
What the panelists say
The Vice Minister of Preschool, Basic and Middle Education, Constanza Alarcón, revealed during the forum that the national government, the ministry and the secretaries of education are working towards achieving that by 2021 100 percent of the country’s educational institutions enter into an alternation model, complying with all the required protocols. In addition, he commented that of the 91 education ministries, 50 are already working on alternation models.
Regarding the lessons of the pandemic in education, he pointed out that there were challenges in generating innovation, changes and adaptation; as well as close work with teachers and use of new technologies.
The Vice Minister of Higher Education, Luis Fernando Pérez, He pointed out that the pandemic made it possible to advance programs such as the Plan Padrino in which 126 institutions worked to understand principles of solidarity and impact 2.5 million students.
He stressed that the models of alternation in higher education have made it possible to see that institutions have the capacity to respond to technological assistance, which he believes will help the country to be ready to face alternation in 2021 in a more profound way.
Maritza Rondón, cut from the Cooperative University of Colombia, He warned that the quality of education is not determined by the modality and that each of the forms has its opportunities. He also said that the concepts on the quality of higher education should be analyzed and improved in this regard. Finally, he highlighted that institutions must work in resilient systems and be more adaptable to the realities of the environment.
Francisco Piedrahita, rector of the ICESI University, He commented that in the country there are great problems of quality coverage, mainly in the poorest; He also said that the deficiencies in infrastructure and the continuity of only part-time in many places are a tragedy. In addition, he said that the campus should be understood as a social space par excellence and a social equalizer.
For Alexandra Peláez, Secretary of Education of Medellín, The experience of the pandemic and education has been difficult and challenging, since it indicates that issues such as self-learning and curricular flexibility were positive changes that this situation has left. Regarding the situation in the department, he said that it reached up to 37 thousand students in alternation and that it is expected that by the beginning of March 2021 all school grades can return under these models.
Pablo Hernán Vera, rector of the University of Magdalena, pointed out that the technology helped open scenarios in which, for example, the public university has recovered students, “in our case we recovered 1,030 students.” He also said that a first learning is that it is time to deconfine education, “we cannot lock ourselves with our backs to the territories and our students. COVID has been an opportunity to transform the educational system. “
In a new forum Caracol Radio and Hora 20, the “Challenges and opportunities of education” as this has been one of the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, on this occasion they discussed this atypical year, virtuality; the blendedness, the gaps that became evident and the increasing numbers of school dropouts. Also a look at what is coming in 2021; the increase in the budget; changes for education from learning methods to changes in infrastructure; as well as the future plans of the government in the education sector.
This 2020 became the year of challenges for almost all sectors; Because with the arrival of a pandemic that has killed 1.6 million people and a virus that circulates freely in the environment, governments had to take measures to protect their citizens and it is at this point that sectors have great Challenges: overcoming closure. Today we talked about education, yesterday we talked about the economy, the contraction and what is coming. However, education is at stake for the future of society and the training of millions of young people and children.
With the closure of schools in order to avoid contagion, the aim was to transfer nearly 11 million students in Colombia from classrooms to virtuality, a great challenge that was faced but which at the same time began to reveal the shortcomings of the system: lack of connectivity; outdated learning systems; domestic violence; lack of access to food, among many other issues. This situation has led to 158 thousand children and young people having dropped out of education until the beginning of December, that is 1.3 percent and it is expected that in about 70 percent of the educational institutions of higher education the dropout rate be 10 percent.
What the panelists say
The Vice Minister of Preschool, Basic and Middle Education, Constanza Alarcón, revealed during the forum that the national government, the ministry, and the secretaries of education are working to ensure that by 2021 100 percent of the country’s educational institutions enter into an alternation model, complying with all the required protocols. In addition, he commented that of the 91 education ministries, 50 are already working on alternation models.
Regarding the lessons of the pandemic in education, he pointed out that there were challenges in generating innovation, changes and adaptation; as well as close work with teachers and use of new technologies.
The Vice Minister of Higher Education, Luis Fernando Pérez, He pointed out that the pandemic made it possible to advance programs such as the Plan Padrino in which 126 institutions worked to understand principles of solidarity and impact 2.5 million students.
He stressed that the models of alternation in higher education have made it possible to see that institutions have the capacity to respond to technological assistance, which he believes will help the country to be ready to face alternation in 2021 in a more profound way.
Maritza Rondón, cut from the Cooperative University of Colombia, He warned that the quality of education is not determined by the modality and that each of the forms has its opportunities. He also said that the concepts on the quality of higher education should be analyzed and improved in that sense. Finally, he stressed that institutions must work in resilient systems and be more adaptable to the realities of the environment.
Francisco Piedrahita, rector of the ICESI University, He commented that in the country there are great problems of quality coverage, mainly in the poorest; He also said that the deficiencies in infrastructure and the continuity of only part-time in many places are a tragedy. In addition, he said that the campus should be understood as a social space par excellence and a social equalizer.
For Alexandra Peláez, Secretary of Education of Medellín, The experience of the pandemic and education has been difficult and challenging, since it indicates that issues such as self-learning and curricular flexibility were positive changes that this situation has left. Regarding the situation in the department, he said that it reached up to 37 thousand students in alternation and that it is expected that by the beginning of March 2021 all school grades can return under these models.
Pablo Hernán Vera, rector of the University of Magdalena, pointed out that the technology helped open scenarios in which, for example, the public university has recovered students, “in our case we recovered 1,030 students.” He also said that a first learning is that it is time to deconfine education, “we cannot lock ourselves with our backs to the territories and our students. COVID has been an opportunity to transform the educational system. “
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