II. ANÁLISIS DE LA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA EN DISCAPACIDAD EN COLOMBIA DE 1994 A 2020

Abstract

In Colombia during the last decades, inclusive education has taken on importance, due to the fact that more and more children and adolescents with disabilities enter the educational system and remain in it. The entity in charge of establishing public policy in Colombia is the Ministry of National Education hereinafter MEN. However, as of 2003, the organization of inclusive education actions corresponds to the territorial entities located in each region of the country, but those who ultimately develop it are the Education institutions. The present work focuses on identifying the inclusion regulations in Colombia since 1994. The research method is qualitative in that instruments such as the semi-structured interview, focus groups and the in-depth analysis of information obtained from data from the Ministry of Education of the municipality and its contrast against the provisions of public policy. Some of its results show the great ignorance of different actors of the educational system regarding public policies of education for students with disabilities, the great difficulties for their implementation, the need for joint work between the Secretaries of Education, the Secretaries of Health and other State actors, the fact that not only access is guaranteed, but also the permanence and quality of education for them.