Higher education in remote areas of Colombia

Show to the people how a degree can improve their lives

Encourage factories and companies to create vacancies
in different places of the country

Improve the quality of elementary education

Create programs that allow people to work at the same
time that they study

Investigate about the needs of an area and offer study programs that can improve the life of people

The quality of education that this institutions
gives is not good enough

In many cases, corruption doesn't allow the correct
operating of this institutions

People are not interested in getting a collegue degree

Although people can study in their towns, they can only get a job in the cities

Some of these institutions doesn't offer degrees related with
the needs pf the areas

There is not internet in many towns around the country

Although the government has created institutions in remote areas it's still hard to some people to go to this places

Many people in Colombia can´t access to a collegue

Private eduacation is expensive and public education doesn't have enought budget

There are only collegues in capital or big cities

Usually people can't afford for a living in this cities

Earnings in families are not enought

Many teenagers prefers to work

There aren't companies or factories in small towns or rural areas

The economy activity in these areas is related to
farming or commerce

People think that there are "better" and "faster" ways to be succesful

In some cases, teenagers get involved in illegal issues

SENA

SENA offers technical and technologist programs

UNAD

UNAD offers virtual programs. You can find degrees from $650.000 to $1'000.000 per semester

CERES

Education deparment has created this project to help people
who live in remote areas to access to education

Public colleges

Although there are excellent colleges around the country, it is hard to be accepted by one of those due to the amount of people that want to study in this places