Colombia mantiene la prueba Saber 11 como eje de la certificación de la educación media, según informe Ocde
Colombia cuenta con dos certificados de educación media: Bachiller Académico y Bachiller Técnico. Foto: iStock
TL;DR
- High school certification validates learning, grants access to higher education, and the job market.
- The OECD analyzed 71 high school certifications in 38 countries, including Colombia.
- Colombia's main certifications are Bachiller Académico and Bachiller Técnico, linked to the Saber 11 exam.
- Saber 11 is a national external exam that plays a key role in validating competencies and university admissions.
- Colombia uses a mixed evaluation model, combining internal school assessments with external exams, a common international approach.
- The OECD report notes that external exams are common when certification is directly linked to higher education selection.
- High school certification has two main functions: certifying learning and facilitating selection for further education or employment.
- Colombia's Saber 11 exam fulfills both functions as a completion requirement and for university admissions.
- Colombia follows the trend of using multiple evaluation tasks, supplementing school assessments with standardized external exams.
- The report indicates that systems relying solely on internal evaluations often require additional entrance exams for higher education, unlike Colombia.
- The OECD highlights the importance of vocational certifications recognizing specific skills without replicating general education criteria.
- An OECD finding from Pisa 2022 suggests no significant link between external exams and math anxiety, with stress depending on result usage.
- Colombia's high school certification is positioned as a transition instrument in an era of educational massification.
- Comparing Colombia's model with 37 other systems provides an international reference point.