Colombia creates education system to preserve the identity of indigenous peoples
The organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (Opiac) announced this Saturday that the South American country has its own Indigenous Education System (SEIP). teleSUR
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00:00Moving on to other news, Colombia creates the first education system of Latin America
00:05that preserves the identity of indigenous peoples.
00:08This system preserves ancestral knowledge, strengthens cultural identity, and promotes
00:13respect for the traditions of the native communities.
00:16The Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon announced on September
00:217th the creation of the first indigenous education system in the region.
00:26The Minister of Education, Daniel Rojas Medellin, signed the act in which he committed ministers
00:32of the national government involved in the effort to launch the program to sign the decree
00:36law.
00:37The minister emphasizes that three decades after the proclamation of the 1991 Constitution,
00:43it is the government of Gustavo Petro that signs the act formalizing the first indigenous
00:48education system of Latin America.