![]() ![]() The State of Colombia’s Education System Before Covid-19Įven before the pandemic, Colombia was plagued with a myriad of challenges, including corruption, failure to implement the 2016 peace agreement, inequality and more. Every individual has the potential to not only benefit from the internet but to also be a part of the solution when it comes to solving other challenges Colombia faces. In order for Colombia to reemerge from the pandemic, internet access must be given priority immediately. ![]() Colombia suffers from a growing digital gap that threatens the education of impoverished children, women, and ex-combatants in different ways during the nationwide lockdowns. Since internet accessibility has become such an integral part of the modern education system especially during the pandemic, I believe that it should be treated as a human right. Experts in urban development like Ignacio Alcalde, a senior expert for UN-Habitat, have raised a new question of whether affordable and reliable internet connection should be treated by governments as a basic human right that is comparable to water accessibility. Lack of internet accessibility has led to a new wave of problems during the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly concerning the question of how to continue children’s and adults’ education during a time where people are restricted from leaving their homes. Although this number is increasing, this means that currently about 36% of the population does not have access to the internet. In the case of Colombia, the percentage of the population using the internet was about 64% by 2018. However, when analyzing accessibility, it is important to focus on what statisticians term ‘internet penetration’ which is the percentage of the population using the internet, rather than the total number of users. As of 2019, there were approximately 4.13 billion internet users worldwide of whom 34 million reside in Colombia, giving the impression that the internet is a widely accessible resource. The 21st century has been marked as the end of the Information Age and the beginning of the Experience Age where people across the world are intricately connected through a complex web of online networks. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |