education
noviembre 13, 2025
ICFES reconoce a Cartagena por progreso educativo y compromiso del alcalde
La directora nacional del ICFES, Elizabeth Blandón, visitó Cartagena para entregar reconocimientos a las instituciones educativas oficiales y privadas que lograron avances significativos en los resultados de las pruebas Saber 11, entre 2024 y 2025. Durante el encuentro con el alcalde Dumek Turbay Paz, en el Palacio de La Aduana, se destacó que por primera vez un colegio público de la ciudad alcanzó la categoría A+, un hecho sin precedentes en la historia educativa del Distrito.
TL;DR
- Cartagena's educational institutions received recognition from ICFES for improved Saber 11 test results between 2024 and 2025.
- For the first time, a public school in Cartagena achieved the A+ category in the Saber 11 tests.
- 17 official schools in Cartagena improved their categorization, fulfilling a four-year development plan goal in just two years.
- The city's overall score in Saber 11 tests increased by five points since 2023, exceeding the national trend, with notable gains in English, mathematics, and critical reading.
- Mayor Dumek Turbay highlighted investments exceeding 500 billion pesos in educational infrastructure, including school reconstruction, and over a trillion pesos when including school feeding programs and other resources.
- The ICFES Director, Elizabeth Blandón, acknowledged Cartagena's upward trend in education but noted the need for continued growth to reach higher national averages.
- Specific institutions were listed by their achieved categories (A+, A, B, C).