SENA - Community Colleges for International Development

NATIONAL TRAINING SERVICE – SENA
Latin America & Caribbean Forum
San Antonio, Texas
CCID- July 2016
OUTLINE
1. Education system in Colombia
Formal Education
NON FORMAL EDUCATION
Master Degree
• Credit Base Programs
Especialización *
• Skills development focused
Bachelor Degree
• Responsive to the private sector needs
ACADÉMICA
TÉCNICA
Grados 10 - 11
Grados 10 - 11
Technical
high school
Primary
School
OECD: Revisión de Politicas Nacionales en Educación, la Educación en Colombia (2016)
Adult training
complementary training
High
School
• technicians
Low articulation with
the Formal
technicians
Education System
Operarios
Profesional technician
• Movility within
the
System School Teacher Training
technologist
Auxiliares
Technologist
Technologist Specialist
Prof. Por Ciclos
Pregrado
• Propedeutial Cycles
Operarios
Higher
Education
Informal
Education for Work and human
INFORMAL EDUCATION
Training
Development SYSTEM
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
SENA
Auxiliares
Pos-grado
Ph.D – PostSYSTEM
Doctoral
FORMAL EDUCATION
Some Statistics
New Tertiary Education Plan
2. National Training Service – SENA
Training program structure
On-Campus
On-Line
Blended
Dual System
SENA Quality System
Curriculum
Development
Apprentices Soft
skills
development
Faculty
Permanent
Training
Monitoring and
evaluation
accredited system
Research and
Innovation System
Internationalization Strategy
3. SENA & 100.000 Strong in the Americas
Round No. 8 / 2015
SENA
CAF
Community
Colleges
USD 150.000
USD 150.000
USD 280.000
• 32 connections between SENA training
centers and Community colleges
• 17 Proposal where submitted
• 5 Winning Partnerships
• 60 SENA Apprentices and Community
College Students are being beneficiated
in 2016
Sustainability Challenges
2015 Partnerships
• Language barriers
• Legal procedures with a Public Institution in
Colombia
• How to make the partnerships more
comprehensive
• Credit base exchanges
• Curriculum equivalences
• Double degree/Certification?
• Financing the Sustainability of the
partnerships
100K Initiative
Matching
USD 500.000
Thank You!
JOSE JULIAN PRIETO
International Relations Advissor
jjprieto@sena.edu.co