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The rector of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Helberth Choachí, attented at the presentation of two bills for the recognition of the peasantry, which were presented by Senator Robert Daza, with the support of Congress members Alberto Benavides, Pablo Catatumbo, Catalina Pérez and Gabriel Becerra.

The Universidad Pedagógica Nacional community congratulates the teamwork of the Community Education Bachelor after renewing the High-quality Accreditation for six years (Resolution No. 004536, April 10, 2024) and the Special Education Bachelor after renewing the High-quality accreditation for eight years (Resolution No. 004931, April 16th, 2024).

As a part of the implementation of the Rectoral Plan 2024-2028 of the UPN, the High Council issued the Agreement No. 018 of September 11, 2024, which approves the payment of social benefits of vacation and vacation leave bonus to staff and contract professors in proportion to the length of the worker’s employment.

The IPN reports to the community the students of class 1001, Juan José Álvarez Sosa and Laura María Barreto Calderón participated in the international event “The 2nd Exchange Program for Latin-American Young People”, between September 8 and 16, that took place in Amsterdam and The Hague, under the cooperation covenant signed between the UPN, Colombia, and the Centro Ana Frank Argentina para América Latina.

The community of postgraduate alumni of the Faculty of Science and Technology participates on May 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Auditorium Paulo Freire of the UPN, Calle 72 Campus.

The Ministry of National Education, headed by Daniel Rojas, submitted a new Bill aimed at strengthening the financing of the Colombian public higher education in, which seeks to completely deal with the financial challenges faced by public higher education institutions in the country.

The Higher University Council of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional informs the entire community Agreement No 016 of 22 August, 2024, which implements the Disciplinary Regulation and Procedures for professors of the Institution.

On Saturday, August 31st, the table tennis tournament for officers from the System of State Universities (SUE, by original acronym) of Bogotá took place at the facilities of the Universidad Nacional of Colombia. More than 50 players from institutions within the system took part, i.e. Universidad Nacional, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, and Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.

The rector of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Helberth Choachí, met with Jairo Avellaneda García, regional director of Social Prosperity, with the goal of expanding the Programa Renta Joven for students at the University.

The Universidad Pedagógica Nacional reports the community the full content of Resolution 0807 of July 31st, 2024, where the Institution sets out the educational costs, benefits and discounts for the academic programs of language teaching offered by the Language Center of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.