The New School is an educational model that provides quality education, coverage and relevance. Children and youth are being educated to obtain the necessary knowledge, skills and values. In Caldas, the model has expanded to different school grades responding to the students’ stages of development, interest and motivation.
The model has articulated projects that favor relevance of education and improve the quality of life for students and their families (School & Coffee, School & Food Security, Virtual School). The competency development approach has also been strengthened, which is evidenced by the work of the students and the quality of their exam results.
The New School model has become an education policy thanks to the public-private partnership and appropriation by rural communities. Additionally, it has been a reference for Colombia and the world, supported in its education quality, coverage and relevance results.
Main achievements
Over the past 33 years, the Caldas department has achieved the following results:
- 182,698 students graduated from New School.
- 31,695 students graduated from post-elementary.
- 31,629 students graduated from School & Coffee.
- 28,535 students graduated from Virtual School.
- 16,611 people graduated from Adult Education.
- 8,222 students graduated from Secondary Education.
- 23,384 students graduated from School & Food Security.
- 10,478 students with certification on labor competencies.
- 2,410 students from “University in the Countryside,” Technical Level.
- 195 technologists graduated from the University in the Countryside
Source: FNC Press Office
