WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao has entered into a partnership with two universities from Bogotá. Minister of Education Sithree van Heydoorn wants to promote studying in the region, with the aim of allowing Curaçao students to return to the island after their studies.   

These are the Universidat Externado and Universidat de Los Andes. The universities are described as one of the best in Colombia and thus Latin America. With this collaboration, Van Heydoorn hopes to offer students more opportunities, partly because they can study closer to home.  

Van Heydoorn also hopes to enter into a partnership with universities in Costa Rica. The minister is now on his way to the country with a delegation to identify the opportunities.