Education
Colombia
Knowledge Creation and Sharing
Colombia has annually offered 8 – 9 scholarships for Language Assistants from 2017 – 2020. Another 8 scholarships to tourist guide to learn Spanish in Colombia were offered in 2017 and 2018.
Capacity Building
Under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, 25 schoolteachers have been trained in teaching of English language every year since 2015. The first ITEC festival to promote awareness of ITEC scholarships was held in the Embassy in May 2018. In 2018-19, 91 ITEC slots were utilized by Colombia. In 2019-20, the number of ITEC slots for Colombia was increased to 100, out of which 77 slots were utilized. The last ITEC day was celebrated at the Embassy in September 2021 over the virtual platform.
