La protección del derecho a la educación para la población con discapacidad visual y su desarrollo jurisprudencial

Abstract

Education is a right of the person and a public service that has a social function; It seeks access to knowledge, science, technology, and other goods and values of culture. Education will shape the Colombian in respect for human rights, peace and democracy; And in the practice of work and recreation, for cultural, scientific and technological improvement and for the protection of the environment. The State, society and family are responsible for education, which will be compulsory between five and fifteen years of age and which will comprise at least one year of preschool and nine years of basic education. The education will be free in the institutions of the State, without prejudice of the collection of academic rights to those who can support them. It is up to the State to regulate and exercise the supreme inspection and supervision of education in order to ensure its quality, the fulfillment of its aims and the best moral, intellectual and physical education of the students; Ensure the adequate coverage of the service and ensure the minors the necessary conditions for their access and permanence in the education system. The Nation and the territorial entities will participate in the direction, financing and administration of the state educational services, in the terms that indicate the Constitution and the law.