Colombia/Guide for mapping/education places

To map elements related to education, the following must be taken into account:

• Names should not use abbreviations (tag name=*). Many schools are called IE or IED, but they must be added as "Institución Educativa" or "Institución Educativa Distrital", respectively.

• The type of amenity=* that can be:
  • amenity=kindergarten.
  • amenity=school for a school (escuela or colegio).
  • amenity=college for a technical institute.
  • amenity=university for a university.
• The educational levels of the aforementioned amenities are defined by the tag isced:level=* together with a numerical value. Later in this article a correspondence with educational levels in Colombia is shown. Keep in mind that this correspondence is generic, and does not indicate the grades as such.
• To indicate which grades an educational institution offers, the tag grades=* is used.
  • The establishments with the name "Education Centers" normally have courses from 1 to 9: grades=1-9.
  • The establishments with the name "Educational Institution" usually have courses from 1 to 11: grades=1-11.
• Depending on who the operator is, and their social objective can be mapped like this:
  • Public: operator:type=public.
  • Private: operator:type=private.
  • Religious group (for example, Carmelite sisters): operator:type=religious.
  • Non-governmental organization - Entidad Sin Ánimo de Lucro (ESAL): operator:type=ngo.
• To indicate the name of the operator, the tag operator=* is used.
• Some establishments can set age ranges, so you can use: min_age=* and max_age=*.
• Schools have two types of calendars A and B, which can be mapped with: service_times:ref:CO=A or service_times:ref:CO=B.
  • Optionally you can put the months that define the calendar (although this can vary from year to year): For calendar A - service_times=Feb-Nov; SH closed, and for calendar B - service_times=Sep-Jun; SH closed.

ISCED level correspondence

Baccalaureate is considered basic secondary education plus secondary education.

The technical baccalaureate as such has not been defined a way to map it.

Examples:

• Kinder garden:

amenity=kindergarten
isced:level=0
grades:pre-jardín;jardín

• Educational institution - from first to 11th grade:

amenity=school
isced:level=1;2;3
grades=1-11

• Primary only:

amenity=school
isced:level=1
grades=1-5

• Educational Center - from first to 9th grade:

amenity=school
isced:level=1;2
grades=1-9

• High school only

amenity=school
isced:level=2;3
grades=6-11

• For a school in Yopal, Casanare:

name=Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Educational Institution
amenity=school
isced:level=0;1;2;3
grades=0-11
operator=sedcasanare
operator:type=government

• For a school in Bogota that offers from the transition course:

name=Champagnat College
amenity=school
isced:level=0;1;2;3
grades=0-11
operator:type=religious
operator=Hermanos Maristas

Other elements associated with education

• University residences within the campus: landuse=residential + residential=university.
• University hospital: amenity=hospital.
• University buildings: building=university.
• The different departments or faculties of a university, if they are in different locations, can be mapped with faculty=*.

Other types of educational establishments

• Dance school: Dancing school amenity=dancing_school.
• Driving school Driving school amenity=driving_school.
• Language school: language school amenity=language_school.
• Music school: music school amenity=music_school.
• Pre-ICFES: prep school amenity=prep_school.
• Nurseries: childcare when it does not offer Pre-kinder or Kinder levels amenity=childcare.

Links of interest

• Educational_System_of_Colombia.
• Calendar and School Day - Mineducation.