La escuela en medio del conflicto armado: experiencia de la institución educativa El Chairá José María Córdoba de Cartagena del Chairá

Abstract

This article presents the experience of the armed conflict and its processing by the Educational Institution El Chairá José María Córdoba as one of the results of the investigation The armed conflict and the school: peace and reconciliation initiatives in Caquetá, whose objective was understand the ways in which three educational institutions in the department of Caquetá lived and processed the experience of the armed conflict and the peace and reconciliation initiatives derived from each of them. This research was a multiple case study in which semi-structured interviews, focus groups and memory work techniques were used. The data collected was processed using the categorical narrative analysis model. The analysis and subsequent research results regarding this educational institution indicate that: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -People's Army (FARC-EP) was the hegemonic armed group in the region due to the abandonment and absence of the State; that their financing depended on the economy of drugs, extortion and the “vaccines” they carried out; that the educational institution was turned into a heliport where those killed in combat were deposited, and that she was affected by school dropouts due to the recruitment of minors in the municipality.