Approaches to the academic life of the schools of the sovereign State of Tolima during the Federal regime, 1872-1873 Acercamientos a la vida académica de las escuelas del Estado soberano del Tolima durante el régimen federal, 1872-1873

Abstract

This article aims to evaluate the functioning of the public schools of the sovereign State of Tolima between the years of 1872 and 1873 from the provisions enshrined by the Organic Decree of 1870 and based on the periodic reports rendered by the preceptors to the Directorate of Public Instruction, documents that rest in the Ministry of Public Instruction fund of the General Archive of the Nation. With this information, aspects such as the daily routine of academic life, the provision of school supplies, the situation of the teachers, the system of punishments and rewards, school absenteeism and the control and surveillance devices will be examined in detail. Despite all the economic and logistical difficulties, and the atmosphere of political and ideological confrontation, there is no doubt that during these years a special impulse was evidenced in this first level of the educational ladder of a public and compulsory nature.