La ley 1620 de 2013 y la política pública educativa de convivencia escolar en colombia: Entre la formalidad jurídica y la realidad social

Abstract

This article is a product of the research on the educational public policy regarding violence management in Colombian pre-school, primary and secondary systems. The outset of this research reviews the concept and the context of violence and bullying within schools. This made headway regarding the acknowledge of public policy guidelines and its main legal developments. The research problem is aimed to answer the following question: Which elements, instruments or mechanisms have Act 1620 of 2016 introduced regarding the prevention and management problem of school coexistence and different ways of violence experienced within the country? The methodology of this research was focused on a qualitative approach using primary and secondary sources and also an analytical method, the hermeneutics and the synthesis. This allowed concluding that Act 1620 of 2013 created a system to deal with the issues of school violence. Also, Law 1620 of 2013 outlined the situations of school violence and structure some actions of human sexual rights sensibilization to prevent violence at school and to follow up the cases according to their complexity and importance.