Pereira: face-to-face Holy Week would return this 2022 - Other Cities - Colombia

After two years of pause in the processions and activities of the Holy Week on Pereirathis year all the celebrations will be held again, as revealed by the mayor of the city, Carlos Maya.

“As a result of the progress in the vaccination process and social, economic and productive recovery in the city of Pereira, we have decided to reactivate Holy Week as an alternative to encounter God and also to promote tourism and generate more employment,” said Maya.

The live processions and other liturgical celebrations that take place in the city are recognized in the country and have become one of the tourist attractions of Pereira.

“The pandemic took away many things from us, including loved ones, some customs and moments to share with others such as Easter. This process, added to the elimination of the mask in public spaces thanks to the vaccination process, will guarantee that normalization of the social, economic and productive life of all Pereirans,” said the president.

Hence, the Mayor’s Office of Pereira announced that it will join efforts to celebrate the religious acts of the Holy Week between April 10 and 16.

For his part, the Bishop of the Diocese of Pereira, Monsignor Rigoberto Corredor, confirmed that the events will return to face-to-face events. However, “it will be ensured that biosecurity care is maintained in closed sites.”

Corredor pointed out that the lyrical balconies and 14 concerts will return in various parishes in the city. In addition, it was learned that the bishop will be directing all the celebrations of the Holy Week.

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Barranquilla: return to face-to-face classes Monday, January 31 - Barranquilla - Colombia

Motivated to return, to recover learning and to reconnect with colleagues. This is how the educational community is in the return to face-to-face classes 2022, which will take place this Monday in Barranquilla.

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As reported by the District, during the same week that children and young people return to classrooms, expansion works will be delivered to three District Educational Institutions (IED).

Being able to reach all schools so that our students, teachers, teaching directors and principals have decent places

He added that this is part of the action plan of the district administration for the return to attendance, which in addition to educational infrastructure, includes programs and strategies educational quality.

“We are working to continue giving good news in terms of educational infrastructure and to be able to reach all schools so that our students, teachers, teaching directors and principals have decent places to teach and learn,” said Mayor Jaime Pumarejo.

Since 2021 they are in intervention 160 locations Of the 154 official schools (some schools have more than one campus), improvement works were also completed in 28 and work began in 14 schools, according to official figures.

“We are going to be here ready to work hand in hand, continue listening and continue collaborating so that this is a return to hope, to life, to postponed dreams,” said the district president.

With respect to vaccination against covid-19 in childhood, the city is in first place in the range of children between 3 and 11 years old, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

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The learning plan

Thinking about educational quality, the Secretary of Education, Bibiana Rincón, stressed that joint work has been carried out with FDI to achieve the learning recovery in this new stage.

In this sense, three fundamental pillars were designed: students with strengthened socio-emotional skills; teachers and schools with inclusive, innovative, student-centered pedagogical practices; and families and community with an active role in education.

The foregoing, according to the official report, will be developed through an action plan that also points to the gap closure, improving the learning of all children and adolescents so that they have the same opportunities to achieve complete educational trajectories.

Among the programs implemented by the District is ‘Soy Bilingüe’, which will reach 121 official schools in 2022, teaching English as a foreign language from transition, as an innovative method at the national level.

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