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La debilidad del Ministerio de Educación y la politización de la educación pública en Colombia: dos problemas a enfrentar en el Plan Decenal

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  • Jesús Duarte

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“En las discusiones sobre los problemas educativos del país hay algún consenso acerca de los objetivos generales de las políticas del gobierno en el sector para los próximos cinco anos: universalizar la educación básica (y uno o dos anos de preescolar) y mejorar la calidad de la educación que se imparte en nuestras escuelas. Sin embargo, hay menos consenso, y sobre todo menos claridad, en cómo lograrlo, y en qué obstáculos hay que enfrentar, y vencer, para facilitar el logro de tales objetivos. En este documento, orientado a alimentar el debate en torno a las propuestas del plan decenal de educación, me referiré a dos problemas (entre otros muchos) que en mi opinión han impedido que esfuerzos pasados y presentes por mejorar la educación de los colombianos hayan dado mejores frutos: en primer lugar, la poca capacidad del Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) para adelantar políticas nacionales y para imponer estándares mínimos a lo largo del país, la cual ha sido una debilidad heredada históricamente; y en segundo lugar, la aguda politización de la administración de la educación pública en el país. Al final del documento se presentan algunas recomendaciones orientadas a resolver estos dos problemas.”

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  • Jesús Duarte, 1996. "La debilidad del Ministerio de Educación y la politización de la educación pública en Colombia: dos problemas a enfrentar en el Plan Decenal," Coyuntura Social 13215, Fedesarrollo.
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    1. Becerra, Ligia Melo, 2004. "Intergovernmental fiscal relations : the Colombian case," Economics PhD Theses 0304, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    2. George J. Borjas & Olga Lucía Acosta Navarro, 2000. "Education reform in Colombia," Working Papers Series. Documentos de Trabajo 2410, Fedesarrollo.
    3. Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, 2007. "The impact of private provision of public education : empirical evidence from Bogota's concession schools," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4121, The World Bank.
    4. Juan Mauricio Ramírez & Iván Zubieta & Juan Guillermo Bedoya, 2015. "Productividad y competitividad del Sistema de Ciudades," Coyuntura Económica, Fedesarrollo, vol. 45(1), pages 45-89, June.
    5. Ana María Iregui & Ligia Melo & Jorge Ramos, 2006. "La educación en Colombia: Análisis del marco normativo y de los indicadores sectoriales," Revista de Economía del Rosario, Universidad del Rosario, December.

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    Keywords

    Situación Social; Desarrollo Social; Coyuntura Social; Educación; Plan Decenal de Educación; Política Educativa; Educación Pública; Corrupción Administrativa; Clientelismo;
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption

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