6 government bodies, 5 named officials, 3 programmes and 4 policies, from the ministries' own sites.
1 source site did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.
BOMAtlas indexes 335 research institutions in Colombia from the Research Organization Registry.
The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.
National ministry for education policy across preschool, basic, media, and higher education; ICT/school connectivity sits with MinTIC and TVET with SENA.
José Daniel Rojas Medellín · Minister of National Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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National ICT ministry; owns spectrum, connectivity policy, and the rural school-connectivity buildout (Centros Digitales), plus digital-skills programs (Talento TECH, SENATIC, SocialTECH).
Carina Murcia Yela · Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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National assessment agency: administers Saber 11 (secondary), Saber Pro / Saber TyT (higher ed), and diagnostic assessments; a state enterprise of social character linked (vinculada) to MEN per Law 1324 of 2009.
Elizabeth Blandón Bermúdez · Director General, Icfes
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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The national TVET provider (free tuition, employer-levy funded): 33 regional offices, 118 training centers; articulates with the media técnica school track. Attached to the Ministry of Labour, not MEN (attachment is well-established general knowledge, not re-sourced this session, so no parent_of link is asserted).
Jorge Eduardo Londoño Ulloa · Director General, SENA
Verified as of 2026-07-22
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National school-device and educational-technology program entity; mission is driving educational innovation with digital technologies, including physical delivery of devices to students under Decreto 1326 de 2023 distribution rules.
Óscar Sánchez · Director, Computadores para Educar
Verified as of 2026-04-28
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National Planning Department: authors and publishes CONPES documents, the instrument through which Colombian national policy including the AI policy is adopted.
Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.
MinTIC rural school-connectivity program providing 24/7 free internet at rural sites (mixed backhaul including satellite), contracted through 2031.
Reach: Connected rural schools grew from 4,275 (2022) to 19,441 (2025); program scoped at 14,745 rural sites, COP 2.1+ trillion (MinTIC self-reported)
CPE's 2026 relaunch of the national school-device program, broadening from computer distribution to audiovisual equipment, innovation labs, and teacher-network support; launched by MinTIC's Vice Minister of Digital Transformation.
Reach: 2,000+ active teachers in the national teacher network; 14,800 secondary students receiving direct support (launch-article figures)
MEN school-connectivity strategy guaranteeing internet access for preschool, primary and secondary students, with published technical guidelines and regulation.
The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.
Colombia's national AI policy, approved 14 February 2025: six strategic axes (ethics and governance; data and infrastructure; R&D&I; capacity and digital talent; risk mitigation; use and adoption), 100+ actions, led by MinTIC, DAPRE, MinCiencias and DNP.
MinTIC national digital strategy.
Decree on safe and healthy digital environments for children and adolescents: obliges schools to build digital-risk prevention into their Proyectos Educativos Institucionales and Manuales de Convivencia, requires platforms to report to MinTIC semiannually, mandates a national public policy within twelve months, and creates a cross-agency monitoring system (MinEducacion, ICBF, Fiscalia, MinDefensa) under MinTIC technical coordination.
Declares the National Integral Formation Plan of strategic importance with COP 2.046 billones over ten years.