Minister of Education
Intersectoral Commission for Early Childhood Made by the Ministry of Education
The First Lady’s Office, Maria Clemencies Rodriguez de Santos, Minister of Education, Maria Fernando Campo and other representatives of the entities that are part of the Intersect oral Committee on Early Childhood, in the framework of the “Zero to always” will meet on Thursday February 2, with the mayors and the governor of Cundinamarca Bogota for the first workshop of technical assistance to local authorities.
The purpose of this meeting is to ensure that local leaders have the guidance and information to include the item in the context of an initial focus on their development plans 2012-2015, based on Law 1098 (Code of Childhood and Adolescence ), which provides for mayors and governors required to include in those plans the strategies in the short, medium and long term lead to find solutions to priority issues identified in the assessment of childhood and adolescence to be performed during the first four months in office.
This workshop is the first of 32 scheduled from the presidency, with the support of entities belonging to the Intersect oral Committee on Early Childhood, commitment to continue advancing in the definition of public policy which promotes the development Early Childhood, through a strategy of Comprehensive Care for Early Childhood has been called “Zero to forever.”
The Intersect oral Commission for Early Childhood is made by the Ministries of Education, Welfare and Culture, the National Planning Department, the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, and the High Councils of Social Prosperity and Special Programs. With these allies will work addressing political, technical and strategic this unique approach to comprehensive care, and their awareness and dissemination throughout the country.
As part of ‘From zero to always’ the Government will invest resources for 5.6 billion pesos to serve 1.2 million children during the cuatrenio, an investment and said President Juan Manuel Santos, will be priority during his mandate, which requires the participation of different sectors, with their roles and commitments.
Best Time to Come From Andrés Bello: Minister of Education
Analyze the actions of a new redirect the Andres Bello Agreement (CAB) was the main objective of the “XXV Ordinary Meeting of Ministers of Education of the Andrés Bello (REMECAB)” which brought together leaders and delegates from the education portfolio of the 12 member countries of the agreement.
The meeting, which took place on Friday January 27 in the city of Cartagena de Indies, had three key objectives: First, there were advances in the process of legal and financial reorganization of the CAB which was ordered by the Ministers of Education member countries in 2009 and defined the actions to continue with this process, and second, was appointed as the new President of the Convention to the Minister of Education of Ecuador, a position he had held the Ministry of Education of Chile and finally, was chosen as the new Executive Secretary of the CAB to Mrs. Monica Lopez, who has held the post of Director of Quality Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education, Ministry of Colombia.
When to start the meeting of Ministers of Education, the Colombian portfolio holder, Maria Fernando Campo congratulated the Ministers and delegates from different work their countries have made over the years to fulfill the mission of this Convention, while ensuring that this meeting marks a new stage for the Andres Bello.
“I want to highlight the serious and dedicated work of all countries to move forward with the Convention. In recent months we have developed important tasks such as achieving financial and administrative consolidation and I think progress is important to make a redirection of the CAB. The best Andrés Bello Convention is coming and this can be achieved if we all come together to develop the mission object, which is focused on education, research, science and technology. This new vision is held by us and what have to do is reach some basic agreements of what we take to achieve this integration space meets this goal, “said Education Minister, Maria Fernando Campo.
During the meeting, Maria Mercedes Perry, Deputy Secretary of the CAB presented the progress of the process of legal and financial reorganization of the Convention, which highlights the increase in assets of $ 1.6 million in 2009 to $ 6.3 million in 2011 the actual decrease in the cost of the Convention and the settlement of the various framework agreements and contracts.
Faced with this process, Victor Rios, Paraguay minister, congratulated the Executive Secretariat of the CAB (SECAB) for their efforts. “This remediation work was daunting. Clearly, the expertise and knowledge to make this possible, but from these results, we must adjust the controls and oversight.” In the same way, Leon Desalt, delegate of the Ministry of Education of Peru also welcomed this management: “We are very proud to be in the Convention and to continue developing it, but we do have to have a greater commitment to the control measures “.
Similarly, Monica Franco, delegate of the Ministry of Education of Ecuador, reached by the leaders greeting, saying that “the work done by the SECAB conviction shows the administration more transparent, which encourages us to continue with the mission of the Convention. Countries should continue to contribute to the Convention and must have the commitment to be vigilant all the activities of it to make more efficient and transparent management, “said the official said, while among the major challenges for the future are CAB support the growing mobility of citizens of member countries and promote the search for new signatories to enrich the management of the CAB.”
Committed to a mission.
the meeting of Ministers of Education, was also the space to hear and discuss the policy proposals of member countries with which we seek to give new impetus to the missionary work of the Convention. In this regard, the minister Campo, he suggested that the leaders of a public building project. “The formation of citizenship is very important for the improvement of educational quality. We want to develop CAB from a project that we can move from the education sector, training projects of citizenship and democratic principles.”
The delegate of Peru referred to the proposal as very important for countries and said that “policies must be articulated at the regional level for everyone to live the same values for coexistence.” On the other hand, the Minister of Paraguay said that “this project in Colombia could become the reference framework to promote integration processes from the convergence of democratic practices in our countries”, while Mexico’s ambassador in Colombia, Salazar Florencio said that this “is an initiative that we should not resign.”
Another proposal discussed at the meeting was presented by the International Institute for Educational Research for Integration (IIICAB), American Institute of Natural and Cultural Heritage (IPANC) and the Institute of Appropriate Technology Transfer for Marginal Areas (ITACAB) , entitled “The Andrés Bello in the XXI century”, which includes among its objectives to incorporate some of the guidelines of the CAB issues such as migration processes, climate change, ICT, technical education and productive as well as restructuring the agency to become a flexible structure, highly functional and operational.
Finally, the minister congratulated Felipe Campo Cousin, representative of the Ministry of Chile who had been exercising the Presidency of the CAB, for his work in the body since 2009 and its commitment in fulfilling the mission of it.
On the Andres Bello.
the countries that are part of the Andres Bello are: Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Andrés Bello Convention is an international intergovernmental integration organization, which aims to help expand and strengthen the dynamic process of integration of the states in the educational, scientific, technological and cultural.
Magdalena Department of Education for Submitting Request for Information
According to the requirements of the Ministry of Education and consistent with the purposes of the Magdalena Department of Education, headed by Dr. geld leafy Rebelled, we request that all official institutions governing the Department to send the information of its funds education before January 30, 2012.
The data will allow educational institutions to access the free resources listed in Decree 4807 of 2011. The ordinance states that when reporting such information, the Ministry of Education will focus resources directly to the educational funds of the institutions of the country from February 2012.
It also provides resources that will be rotated to the institutions that provide the necessary information at the time agreed, likewise be informed about the omission of such data to the agencies.
In this regard, the Ministry of Education requests that the information provided is done in a timely and complete to the provisions of Directive No. 23, since the extent that institutions delay the delivery of the relevant documentation; sending resources will also be affected.
Education Minister, Maria Fernando Campo, and the Secretariat of Education of the Magdalena, leafy geld Rebelled, invite the parents to enforce and to denounce the free establishments where they are charging for some concept.
Low literacy is due to the advancement of education
Education Minister, Alberto Silone, said on Sunday the decline of illiteracy in the country and claimed the free public school, to lead the Teacher’s Day celebration with Governors and Juan, José Luis Gijon, in the birthplace Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. ”This breakthrough is possible thanks to sustained efforts of thousands of teachers who teach including everyone, excluding no one,” he said
“According to the latest census, the illiteracy rate in Argentina has dropped to 1.9percent, marking the progress of national education since that census Sarmiento” when he was President of the Nation, and realized “to 80 percent illiterate, “the minister said and stressed that” this breakthrough is possible thanks to the sustained effort of thousands of teachers who teach including everyone, excluding no one. ”
Delegations of schools founded by Sarmiento in the country are present in the house turned into a historical museum, awaiting the start of the tribute to teachers across the country, will be honored as “Distinguished Teacher” for his charitable work and their daily work in the classroom, including the outstanding performance against students and recognition of the educational community.
About the challenges faced by the literacy campaign, Silone acknowledged that “shame is the first major difficulty encountered.” For the Minister ”there isintragenerational transmission of ‘I cannot, not born for that.” If the grandparents, parents and siblings could not, nobody can. “He added that ”breaking those barriers is a process of emancipation involves the awareness that rights are not a privilege but something that deserves,” he said.
Public schools would be mixed
The president, Rafael Correa asked the Minister of Education, Gloria Vidal, solve some problems in the education system, including making all public schools in mixed.
During Saturday’s link the president said it is not feasible in the XXI century there is public education where there are women-only colleges, colleges of men equally. ”That’s an anachronism,” he said, so he requested a schedule for all state schools from becoming mixed.
It also asked the Education Secretary will solve the problem of the cost of uniforms. ”We must find a way to make cheap,” he said, referring to sites where they are being prepared.
Topics.
The proposal to return to mixed public schools does not require paperwork, but to apply soon.
He insisted, moreover, the Ministry of Education to investigate further, because the uniforms are not being cooperative or stores in solidarity.