Bolivarian Government incorporates children displaced from Colombia into the Venezuelan Education System

Published at: 24/01/2025 05:32 PM

Colombian children and adolescents, displaced from their native country due to the armed conflict in the Catatumbo region, Norte de Santander department, were registered by the Ministry of Popular Power for Education, through the Center for the Development of Educational Quality of Zulia (CDCE-Zulia), reported the AVN website.

It points out that this action is part of the humanitarian approach instructed by the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, guaranteeing medical, food and shelter care to families who were forced to flee violence, in the North of Santander and in areas bordering the Venezuelan nation, seeking peace in the border municipality Jesús María Semprúm, state of Zulia.

Registered minors were incorporated into the Venezuelan education system, said Professor Penélope Paz, director of CDCE-Zulia, stating that the care began with the delivery of uniforms, supplies and school shoes, as well as teaching material to children and adolescents.

He explained that the activity, framed in policies that guarantee the right to education of displaced children, was carried out in conjunction with the different authorities that are active in the area.

The Bolivarian Government activated a humanitarian corridor with the points located in Casigua-El Cubo, Kilometer 16 and the Catatumbo Bridge.

From these areas, the displaced are transferred to the El Cruce sector for medical care, with the Administrative Service for Identification, Migration and Aliens (SAIME), among others, and then taken to the Simón Bolívar Task Force, the main shelter activated in the Alexis Durán Football Stadium, in Casigua.

Mazo News Team