LAW 115/1194

LEGAL POLICES

THE CONGRESS OF COLOMBIA

ENACTED

TITLE I

Preliminary Provisions

ARTICLE 1o. Purpose of the Act .

Education is a lifelong process , personal , cultural and social training that is based on a holistic view of the human person, his dignity , rights , and duties.

 This Act provides the general rules governing the Public Service Education serving a social function in keeping with the needs and interests of individuals , families and society . It is based on the principles of the Constitution on the right to education of every person in the freedoms of teaching, learning, research and lecture and as a public service.

 In accordance with Article 67 of the Constitution defines and develops the organization and delivery of formal education in their preschool, elementary ( primary and secondary) and average , non-formal and informal levels , aimed at children and young people aged school , adults , farmers, ethnic groups , people with physical , sensory and mental disabilities , with exceptional abilities and requiring persons with social rehabilitation.

 Higher education is regulated by special law , except as provided in this Act

  

ARTICLE 5 . Aims of Education.

In accordance with Article 67 of the Constitution , education will be developed according to the following purposes:

Ø  The full development of the personality without restrictions other than those that put the rights of others and the legal order, within a process of comprehensive , physical, mental , intellectual , moral , spiritual , social, emotional, ethical , civic education and other human values ​​.

Ø  Training in respect to life and other human rights , peace , democratic principles of coexistence, pluralism , justice, solidarity and equality. , And in the exercise of tolerance and freedom .

Ø  Training to facilitate the participation of all in the decisions that affect the economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the nation.

Ø  Training in respect legitimate authority and the law, to the national culture , the Colombian history and national symbols.

Ø  The acquisition and generation of the most advanced scientific and technical , humanistic, historical , social, geographic , and aesthetic knowledge, through the appropriation of intellectual habits , suitable for the development of knowledge.

Ø  The study and critical understanding of the national culture , and ethnic and cultural diversity of the country , as the foundation of national unity and identity .

Ø  Access to knowledge , science , technology and other goods and values ​​of the culture , the promotion of research and encouragement of artistic creation in its various manifestations .

Ø  Creating and promoting a sense of national sovereignty and the practice of solidarity and integration with the world , especially Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ø  The development of critical, reflective and analytical capacity to strengthen national scientific and technological advance , and oriented with priority to cultural improvement , and quality of life of the population , participation in the search for alternative solutions to the problems and social and economic progress of the country.

Ø  Acquiring an awareness for the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment , quality of life, the rational use of natural resources, disaster prevention , in culture and ecological risk and Advocacy cultural heritage of the nation.

Ø  The formation of work practice through technical knowledge and skills , as well as the assessment of it as the foundation of individual and social development .

Ø  Training for the promotion and preservation of health and hygiene, comprehensive prevention of socially relevant problems , physical education , recreation, sports and use of leisure time , and

Ø  Promotion in the person and society 's ability to create , investigate, adopt the technology that is required in the development process of the country and allow the learner to enter the productive sector.