2023-11-30 02:56:26
While most of the year the Congress of the Republic was dedicated to the processing of social health, labor and pension reforms and little progress has been made, the education reform, which seeks to declare it as a fundamental right, is the only one that It is advancing without major problems on all benches.
This Wednesday, the project, which is being processed as a statutory law, was approved in 80% of its content by the First Commission of the Chamber, which had the support of all parties, including the opposition parties.
After the vote, the Minister of Education, Aurora Vergara, highlighted precisely that consensus that this reform of the Government of Gustavo Petro has achieved, and which, unlike the other three, has so far had a quick vote.
According to Vergara, “this sends a very positive message to the country from a commission and a group of representatives who are reflecting on the importance of quality and relevant education.”
For the minister, this initiative seeks to organize the system and helps to guarantee that the investment made in education enables a clear vision of how it is training this new generation.
The official said that it is “important that we are moving forward in regulating education at all levels, as part of a fundamental right, initial education gives us the possibility to open a path so that children between three and five years old have greater opportunities to training”.
For his part, the speaker coordinator, representative Gabriel Becerra (Historical Pact), indicated that “we have approved with a great consensus 31 articles of the 40 of the statutory bill. We will work at a table to agree on the articles where differences persist.”
Another of the speakers, Santiago Osorio (Verde-Historical Pact) recalled that “this bill that seeks to generate a regulatory framework so that education is a right, includes preschool, basic and secondary training, throughout the country, for the population. in a situation of disability and deprived of liberty.”
The vote on this statutory bill, which requires eight debates, is expected to continue next week.
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