Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia
Faced with alarming results, the Government of Antioquia, oversaw the preparation of the Quality Improvement for Basic Education Project by the Secretariat of Education and Culture, which together with the Pasto Project, this Bank operation covered...
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okr-10986-103632021-04-23T14:02:50Z Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia Laverde, Marha ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ACHIEVEMENTS BASIC EDUCATION DECENTRALIZATION DIRECT COSTS DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EDUCATION INDICATORS EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FINANCIAL RESOURCES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTIONALIZATION INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING PRACTICES LOCAL COMMUNITIES MANAGERS MATHEMATICS NATURAL SCIENCES PARENTS PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PARTNERSHIP POSITIVE IMPACT PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SECTOR PROFICIENCY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION REPETITION REPETITION RATES SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENT PLACES TEACHER TEACHER DEPLOYMENT TEACHER STUDENT RATIO TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE WORKERS BASIC EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROJECT EVALUATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION EDUCATION AUTHORITIES PRIVATE EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL REFORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEACHER DEPLOYMENT TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATORY PROCESS Faced with alarming results, the Government of Antioquia, oversaw the preparation of the Quality Improvement for Basic Education Project by the Secretariat of Education and Culture, which together with the Pasto Project, this Bank operation covered the neediest municipalities, and, was among the first decentralized education loans in the country and, indeed, in the Latin America region. This note examines the project that encouraged the decentralization of educational services, and closer coordination between the Department of Antioquia, the mayors, and members of the municipal councils. This is particularly impressive considering that these changes were introduced prior to the enactment of the new decentralization law (Law 715 of 2001). Its positive results allowed Antioquia to share some useful lessons with the rest of the country, notably that decentralization can work when there is sufficient support facilitate the management of the education system investment, in its development at the level of the department, and municipalities. To facilitate the replication of this experience, the project team designed, and applied a Participative-Collaborative Technical Assistance model. Some innovative approaches were also adopted to address the prevailing, low coverage rates, which included "hiring" school places from private, non-profit schools run by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and rationalizing teacher deployment and student-teacher ratios. The evaluation of the project revealed that the private sector schools, contracted by the Department were able to continue offering quality educational services, and, the project was instrumental in empowering all actors in the education community, and in ensuring the smooth implementation of the quality improvement actions. The education culture has been affected positively in Antioquia; society has become aware that investment, and public attention in this area is the best way to achieve social and economic progress, and thus face the challenges of a changing and globally competitive world. 2012-08-13T11:15:58Z 2012-08-13T11:15:58Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4939376/education-reform-antioquia-relevant-experience-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10363 English en breve; No. 43 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia |
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Faced with alarming results, the
Government of Antioquia, oversaw the preparation of the
Quality Improvement for Basic Education Project by the
Secretariat of Education and Culture, which together with
the Pasto Project, this Bank operation covered the neediest
municipalities, and, was among the first decentralized
education loans in the country and, indeed, in the Latin
America region. This note examines the project that
encouraged the decentralization of educational services, and
closer coordination between the Department of Antioquia, the
mayors, and members of the municipal councils. This is
particularly impressive considering that these changes were
introduced prior to the enactment of the new
decentralization law (Law 715 of 2001). Its positive results
allowed Antioquia to share some useful lessons with the rest
of the country, notably that decentralization can work when
there is sufficient support facilitate the management of the
education system investment, in its development at the level
of the department, and municipalities. To facilitate the
replication of this experience, the project team designed,
and applied a Participative-Collaborative Technical
Assistance model. Some innovative approaches were also
adopted to address the prevailing, low coverage rates, which
included "hiring" school places from private,
non-profit schools run by nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs), and rationalizing teacher deployment and
student-teacher ratios. The evaluation of the project
revealed that the private sector schools, contracted by the
Department were able to continue offering quality
educational services, and, the project was instrumental in
empowering all actors in the education community, and in
ensuring the smooth implementation of the quality
improvement actions. The education culture has been affected
positively in Antioquia; society has become aware that
investment, and public attention in this area is the best
way to achieve social and economic progress, and thus face
the challenges of a changing and globally competitive world. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Laverde, Marha |
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Laverde, Marha |
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Laverde, Marha |
| title |
Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia |
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Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia |
| title_full |
Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia |
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Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia |
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Education Reform in Antioquia : A Relevant Experience for Colombia |
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education reform in antioquia : a relevant experience for colombia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4939376/education-reform-antioquia-relevant-experience-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10363 |
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