Rural teacher colleges, agricultural schools, and country home schools for women: 1934-1974

Abstract

This article undertakes to explain critical elements regarding the creation and evolution of rural education from three significant institutions in the history of Colombian education: the Rural Teacher College, Agribusiness Education, and Country Home Schools for Women. The article’s starts with the creation of the Rural Teacher College in 1934 – during the time of the Liberal State government – and closes with the reform of Colombian Education under Decree 080 of 1974. The study is hermeneutic, incorporating a methodological backup of Documentary analysis, programs, norms, articles of magazines, along with memoirs. The article concludes that the education presented through these institutions during the interim of 1934 to 1974 did not comply with the established purposes, which itself is evidence of the failure of rural educational policies as undertaken by the various governments.