La Gobernanza Territorial y el Derecho a la Educación en el Municipio de el Carmen en el Catatumbo

Abstract

This article analyzes the decision-making in the educational sector by the municipal, departmental and national governments in the municipality of EL Carmen, located in the Catatumbo region of the department of Norte de Santander, during the period between 2019 and 2021. The above, to determine if there is active articulation with the communities in decision-making in relation to the definition of the educational offer for boys, girls, adolescents and young people, understanding that assertive definitions of places where there is a need to open the grades of primary, secondary and secondary basic education, taking into consideration the existing distances from urban centers to dispersed rural areas, where currently only 26% of educational establishments offer the secondary and middle school levels. This analysis has a qualitative approach and a descriptive methodology, whose information collection is carried out through interviews with actors in the educational sector, including representatives of social processes, members of Community Action Boards and members of the educational community. in general, with a particular emphasis on participation in decision-making in the educational sector, in key to guaranteeing the right. The above generates important results, where the non-participation of communities in decision-making on public educational policies at the municipal, departmental and national level that affects them is identified, contrary to the legitimacy of the decisions that mark governability.