Type of Intervention: Executive Order, Specific Action
Sectors Involved: Education, Health
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Minister of Education María Victoria Angulo
Overview: Students from colleges and universities in the country will continue in Mandatory Preventive Isolation until May 31.
Public schools will resume classes from April 20, to meet the academic weeks of the school calendar with home study through the platforms that the Government has for it.
Regarding the private sector, the Calendar B schools, which are already finishing their school weeks, will continue as they came, in a virtual, digital, distance work with the students at home, to finish their academic cycle. The private schools of Calendar A, which made the adjustment in accordance with the secretariats of Education, the invitation is to work with platforms, distance, guides, to guarantee the continuity of the academic process.
Regarding universities and higher education institutions, the academic year will continue from home through platforms, remote education, content and various modalities.
Full details here: https://www.mineducacion.gov.co/portal/salaprensa/Noticias/395617:Estudiantes-de-colegios-y-universidades-del-pais-continuaran-en-Aislamiento-Preventivo-Obligatorio-hasta-el-31-de-mayo-Ministra-de-Educacion
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Learning from other jurisdictions
Source of Evidence or Justification: World Health Organisation, National – government