OECD Reviews of School Resources: Colombia 2018

Annex C. Visit programme

The review visit to Colombia was designed by the OECD in collaboration with the Colombian national co-ordinator. It was also informed by preliminary meetings between the OECD Secretariat and different national authorities and stakeholders in October 2017. These preliminary meetings involved conversations with the Ministry of National Education (MEN), the National Planning Department (DNP), the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MinHacienda), the Territorial Renewal Agency (ART), the Colombian Institute for Educational Evaluation (ICFES), the National Learning Service (SENA), the Federation of Colombian Municipalities (FCM), the Office of the Ombudsman and Prosecutor General (PGN), the National Work and Concertation Commission on Education for the Indigenous People (CONTCEPI), Red PaPaz (the country’s largest parent organisation), and the National Association of Secondary Students (ANDES). The planning of the main visit was also informed by conversations with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank. Some meetings during the main review visit could not be held as planned, such as with the Federation of Colombian Workers in Education (FECODE) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).

 

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, Bogotá, DC
09:00 – 09:30	National co-ordinators
09:30 – 10:00	Adviser to the Minister of National Education
10:00 – 11:15	Leadership of the Vice-Ministry for Pre-school, Basic and Upper Secondary Education (MEN) ● Directorate for Coverage and Equity ● Directorate for Quality in Pre-school and School Education ● Directorate for Early Childhood
11:15 – 12:15	Advisory Office for Planning and Finance (OAPF) (MEN) ● Group for data and statistics ● Group for allocation of resources
12:15 – 13:00	Team for development of Special Rural Education Plan (PEER) (MEN)
14:00 – 15:00	Sub-directorate for Access and Sub-directorate for Permanence (Directorate for Coverage and Equity, MEN) ● Full-Day Schooling (Jornada Única) ● Educational Infrastructure Fund (FFIE) ● School Meal Programme (PAE) ● Vulnerable Populations
15:00 – 16:15	Sub-directorate for Quality Frameworks and Evaluation and Sub-directorate for Strengthening Proficiencies (Directorate for Quality in Pre-school and School Education, MEN) ● Curricular guidelines ● Flexible School Models (MEF) ● Pre-service and In-service teacher education ● Let’s All Learn Programme (PTA)
16:30 – 17:30	Colombian Institute for Educational Evaluation (ICFES)
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, Bogotá, DC
08:30 – 11:00	School visit 1: Colegio Rafael Bernal Jiménez, Bogotá, DC (Urban School, Two Sites, Academic programme) ● School leadership ● Teachers
11:30 – 12:15	Department of Social Prosperity (DPS) ● Conditional Cash Transfers (Más Familias en Acción)
14:15 – 15:30	Meeting about General System of Transfers (Sistema General de Participaciones, SGP) ● Group for Territorial Finance, National Planning Department (DNP) ● Sub-directorate for Investment for Social Development and the General Administration of the State, National Planning Department (DNP) ● Directorate of Fiscal Support to the Territorial Entities, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MinHacienda) ● Directorate for Strengthening Territorial Management of the Ministry of National Education (MEN)
15:30 – 16:15	Meeting about General System of Royalties (Sistema General de Regalías, SGR) ● Directorate for Oversight of Royalties, National Planning Department (DNP)
16:15 – 17:00	Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR)
17:00 – 17:45	Meeting 1: Territorial Renewal Agency (ART) Meeting 2: Colombian Foundation of Ex Combatants and Promotors of Peace (FUCE PAZ)
Thursday, 7 December 2017, Armenia and Calarcá, Quindío
08:00 – 10:00	School visit 2: Colegio Baudilio Montoya, Calarcá (Rural School, 6 Sites, Academic/Technical programmes with specialisation in agriculture) ● School leadership ● Teachers ● Students ● Parents, incl. Junta de Acción Comunal
10:20 – 13:00	School visit 3: Colegio Santa Teresa de Jesús, Armenia (Urban School, 3 Sites, Academic/Technical programmes) ● School leadership ● Teachers ● Students ● Parents
13:00 – 14:00	Working lunch with Secretary of Education of the certified municipality of Armenia
15:00 – 16:00	Secretary of Education of the department of Quindío
16:00 – 16:45	Sub-Secretary of Education, Recreation and Sports of the non-certified municipality of Calarcá
Saturday, 9 December 2017, Bogotá, DC: First Review Team Meeting
Sunday, 10 December 2017, Quibdó: Second Review Team Meeting
Monday, 11 December 2017, Quibdó and Tutunendo, Chocó
08:45 – 12:15	School visit 4: Escuela Normal Superior de Quibdó, Quibdó (Urban School, 6 Sites, Academic/Technical programmes with specialisation in pedagogy) ● School leadership ● Teachers ● Students ● Parents
13:00 – 16:30	School visit 5: Institución Educativa Técnico Agropecuaria Cristo Rey, Tutunendo (Rural School, 6 Sites, Technical programme with specialisation in agriculture) ● School leadership ● Teachers ● Students ● Parents, incl. Junta de Acción Comunal, Consejo Comunitario and Líder Comunitario
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, Quibdó, Chocó
09:30 – 11:30	Secretary of Education of the certified municipality of Quibdó
14:00 – 16:30	Secretary of Education of the department of Chocó (under administration by the MEN)
16:30 – 17:15	Representatives of the church (education provision for indigenous peoples)
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, Bogotá, DC
08:30 – 09:15	Meeting 1: Delegated Prosecutor for Youth and Childhood, Office of the Ombudsman and Prosecutor General (PGN) Meeting 2: Sub-directorate for Education, National Planning Department (DNP)
09:15 – 10:00	Federation of Colombian Municipalities (FCM), incl. representative of certified municipality of Soacha
10:00 – 10:45	National Federation of Departments (FND)
10:45 – 11:45	Secretary of Education of the capital district of Bogotá Secretary of Education of the department of Cundinamarca
11:45 – 12:45	Meeting 1: National Association of Secondary Students (ANDES) Meeting 2: Parent organisation (Red PaPaz)
12:45 – 14:00	Working lunch with representatives of international co-operation ● British Council ● Corpoeducación ● Embassy of Canada ● Organisation of Ibero-American States (OEI)
14:00 – 15:30	Research Community ● Juan Carlos Chalá, Fundación Escuela Nueva ● María Figueroa, Universidad Externado ● Sandra García, Universidad de los Andes ● Luisa Pizano, Alianza Educativa ● Javier Serrano, Expert in rural education
15:30 – 16:15	Preliminary Impressions of the Review Team ● National co-ordinators ● Representatives of technical areas of the Ministry of National Education
16:15 – 17:00	Foundations and non-government organisations ● Fundación Compartir ● Fundación Empresarios por la Educación ● Fundación Fé y Alegría ● Fundación Luker