This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Colombia - Education Institutes Flags (A) - Part II

Last modified: 2014-12-20 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: education |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors




See also:

Other Institutions:


Antonia Santos CASD, Instituto Departemental de Media


image by Ivan Sache, 17 February 2010

Instituto Departemental de Media "Antonia Santos" CASD is the merger of two educational institutes situated in Villavicencio, Centro Auxiliar de Servicios Docentes CASD "Antonia Santos" (founded by National Decree No. 327, 19 February 1979) and Instituto Departamental de Media Tecnica INDEMET (founded by Departmental Decree No. 481, 17 December 2001).
The institute is named for Antonia Santos (1782-1819), a guerilla leader in the struggle for independence, sentenced to death by the Spaniards and shot on 28 July 1819.
The flag of the institute has a background made of three colours placed vertically: green, white and orange. Green represents the immensity of our Colombian plains and forests; it is also the colour of the Department of Meta. White represents the permanent quest of God by the human being, the transparency of the human being in search of the values defended by the institute: autonomy, liberty, justice, solidarity, compromise, respect and honesty. These seven values are represented by seven silver stars surrounding the emblem of the institute placed on the white field. Number seven represents in the Bible perfection in the human being. Orange represents the daily rising of the sun, as a symbol of the Colombian East. It also alludes to the free men watching daily the sun.
The flag was designed by Andrés Felipe Niño Solano, student in 2006, grade 11-07, in Systems Administration.
The emblem of the institute uses the colours of the Department of Meta (see above). The three human figures with raised arms represents those who receive knowledge, as the base of their subsequent development. The orange disk on the central figure represents the daily rising of the sun (see above). It also means that each person, while belonging to a social group, is unique and non repeatable, and realizes himself through its own effort. The immediate reading of the emblem is "a group of people united for the realization of a new society". The name of the institute is placed in the lower part of the rectangular emblem.
Valentin Poposki and Ivan Sache, 16 and 17 February 2010


Antonia Santos, Liceo Nacional


image by Ivan Sache, 29 July 2014

Liceo Nacional was established in 1937 in Chia (Cundinamarca Department), as Liceo Nacional Femenino, renamed Liceo Nacional Femenino Antonia Santos in 1948, when it was prescribed that all state-owned educational institutes should be named for a hero of the national history. The institute is named for Antonia Santos (1782-1819), a guerilla leader in the struggle for independence, sentenced to death by the Spaniards and shot on 28 July 1819.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-red.
Source: http://www.liceonacionalantoniasantos.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=15&Itemid=58 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 29 July 2014


Antonio Derka Santo Domingo, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 13 October 2014

Institución Educativa Antonio Derka Santo Domingo was established in Medellín (Antioquia Department) by Resolution No. 4,907 of 6 May 2008, as the merger of two schools named for Antonio Derka and St. Dominic Savio, respectively.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-white-blue (1:2:1) with the institute's emblem in the middle. Yellow is a symbol of joy, felicity, intelligence, energy, and cognitive resources. White is a symbol of purity, light, transparency, perfection, harmony, and tranquillity. Blue is a symbol of loyalty, trust, knowledge, intelligence, faith, and tranquillity.
Source: http://manualdeconvivencia.wordpress.com/filosofia-institucional/bandera/ - Institute's Etiquette Guidebook
The emblem of the institute features a book, representing knowledge and its power of transformation; a mountain range, representing willingness to get rid of difficulties to reach elevated goals, and the local and historical identity; peoples, highlighting education based on integral development; a sun, representing cognitive resources, the energy as a source of life, and the shining force opening minds through knowledge.
The motto of the institute, placed beneath the emblem, reads "We educate for life with quality, love, and joy".
Source: http://manualdeconvivencia.wordpress.com/filosofia-institucional/emblemas-institucionales/
Ivan Sache, 13 October 2014


Antonio García Paredes, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 05 July 2011

"Institución Educativa Antonio García Paredes" was established on 6 August 2003 in Popayán (Cauca Department) by Municipal Decree No. 139, merging "Colegio Antonio García Paredes" and four other educational institutes. The institute is named for the teacher and inspector Antonio García Paredes.
The flag of the institute is shown graphically on the website of the institute as horizontally divided white-red.
Source: http://www.ieagp.net/historia.htm
Ivan Sache, 05 July 2011


Antonio José Camacho, Institución Universitaria


image by Ivan Sache, 31 July 2014

Institución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho (UNIAJC) is a public institute located in Cali (Valle Department). Recognized in 2007 by Decree No. 963 of the Ministry of National Education, UNIAJC succeeded Instituto Tecnológico Municipal Antonio José Camacho, which had been established in 1993 by the Municipality of Santiago de Cali (Decree No. 029), itself succeeding Escuela de Tecnología en Electrónica, which had been established in 1966 by Tulio Ramírez. The remote forerunner of UNIAJC is indeed a technical and industrial school established in 1933 by the Municipal Councillor Antonio José Camacho and renamed in 1945 Instituto Técnico Industrial Antonio José Camacho.
The flag of UNIAJC is horizontally divided blue-yellow-blue (c. 1:2:1) with a thin red stripe between the coloured stripes, and the emblem of the institute in the middle. Blue is a symbol of energy. Yellow is a symbol of spiritual, emotional, and physical resources. Red is a symbol of passion, enthusiasm, and motivation.
The emblem of the institute is surmounted by a blue rising sun, symbolizing the growth of the institute and joy. The blue colour here represents God's will. The open book represents a permanent commitment to change and a sum of fecund, enlightening pages. It is charged with flames, representing knowledge as a source of light. The shield is superimposed by two blue scrolls inscribed with "FORMACION INTEGRAL" (top) and "AL SERVICIO DE LA SOCIEDAD" (bottom) (Integral Education to the Service of Society]. On the flag, the parts shown in white on the self-standing emblem (book pages, scrolls) are shown in yellow.
Source: http://www.uniajc.edu.co/index.php/la-institucion/institucional-simbolo - UNIAJC website
Ivan Sache, 31 July 2014


Antonio Lizarazo, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 03 October 2014

Institución Educativa Antonio Lizarazo was established in Palmira (Valle Department) by Decree No. 1,640 of 24 August 1994 and inaugurated on 28 December 1994. Classes started on 10 January 1995.
The institute is named for the writer, journalist and politician José Antonio Osorio Lizarazo (1900-1964), who was among the introducers of urban novel in South America.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green-yellow.
Source: http://antoniolizarazo.edu.co/acerca-de/simbolos/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 October 2014


Antonio María Claret, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 03 December 2014

Colegio Antonio María Claret was established on 6 February 1956 in Quidbo (Chocó Department) by the Apostolic Vicar Pedro Grau Arola, as Colegio Claretiano. Institución Educativa Antonio María Claret was established in April 2004 as the merger of Colegio Antonio María Claret, Escuela Urbana Mixta, Escuela Rural Mixta, Escuela Rural Mixta la Paloma and Escuela Rural Mixta la Baudata. The institute is named for the Catalan priest Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870; canonized on 7 May 1950 by Pope Pius XII), who founded on 16 July 1849 the Claretians' congregation.
The flag is horizontally divided green-white. Green is a symbol of hope and of the Chocó natural environment. White is a symbol of integrity and of mind limpidity.
Source: http://disensofft.com/ieclaret/insimias.php - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 03 December 2014


Antonio Nariño, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004

The College was founded in 1943. Its flag is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source: <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004

Colegio Antonio Nariño was founded in 1943 in Barrancabermeja (Santander Department). The institute is named for the precursor of the national independence, Antonio Nariño (1765-1823), President of the Free State of Cundinamarca (1811-1813) and Vice President of Gran Colombia (1821).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-green.
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20040224004927/http://www.voluntad.com.co/voluntad/colegios/cdd0311/main.htm - Institute's website (archived)
Ivan Sache, 19 September 2014

You reported this flag about 10 years ago at first time, and you wrote: "Its flag is horizontally divided yellow-green." But flag image you posted is a white-green flag.
Now you also reported that this flag was horizontally divided yellow-green, but the linked (archived) page shows a white-green flag.
Do you have any other source having a description about a yellow-green flag?
Zoltan Horvath, 20 September 2014

The "yellow-green" is clearly a mistaken, which has to be corrected for "white-green". The only source is the archived website, showing a white-green flag.
Ivan Sache, 20 September 2014


Antonio Nariño, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014

Colegio Antonio Nariño was established in Bogota on 8 February 1932. In 1964, following the death of Cecilia Marroquín, owner and director of the institute since 1938, the institute was transferred to the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1821 in France by the Reverend André Coindre (1787-1826), and established in Bogota since 1890. The new owners decided to maintain the original name of the institute.

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided red-white-red (1:3:1). Red is a symbol of the ardor of the youth, of the energy of the beginning of life, and of the push to initiate the struggle for surpassing and for a better word. White is a symbol of the purity of mind, of morality and peace.
http://can.corazonistas.edu.co/features_fullwidth.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 25 July 2014


Antonio Nariño, Institución Educativa - (San Pablo - Nariño)


image by Ivan Sache, 21 October 2014

Institución Educativa Antonio Nariño is located in San Pablo (Nariño Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-green-red, with a blue triangle placed along the hoist.
Source: http://colnan.blogspot.fr/2008/01/bandera.html - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 21 October 2014


Antonio Nariño, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 26 September 2014

Institución Educativa Antonio Nariño, located in the village of Morritos, part of the municipality of Filadelfia, originates in a school established in 1924 by Elvia Alzate in a small house built on a plot offered by Eliodoro Morales. Modern buildings were erected in 1967 and 1974 with the support of the Coffee Growers' Departmental Committee.
Institución Educativa Antonio Nariño was eventually established by Resolution No. 711 of 25 March 2003, as the merger of Colegio Antonio Nariño and of another seven schools.
The flag of the institute is green with a yellow star in the middle and, beneath it, an arch of eight smaller, yellow stars. Green represents the natural environment and agricultural production. It is also a symbol of hope. The central star represents the central seat of the institute. The eight, smaller stars, represent the other seats of the institutes. Yellow is a symbol of knowledge.
Source: http://institucioneducativaantonionarino.blogspot.fr/2012/11/simbolos_13.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 26 September 2014


Antonio Nariño, Institución Educativa Departamental

"Institución Educativa Departamental 'Antonio Nariño'" was founded in Bogotá in 1959 by the Department of Cundinamarca (Decree No. 334) as "Colegio Departamantal del Magisterio". In 1965, the institute moved to a brand new seat and was renamed "Colegio Departamental 'Antonio Nariño'" on 3 April 1965 (Decree No. 363).
On 9 April 1975, the institute was relocated to its present site at Canelón, Municipality of Cajicá, Department of Cundinamarca.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is in proportions 3:5, red with a white triangle placed along the lower edge of the flag and reaching its upper edge, The upper half of the triangle is blue and the emblem of the institute, with a crest made of five yellow teeth, is placed in the triangle.
The triangle represents the permanent and unidirectional projection forming the teaching process, involving three components: the students, the teachers and the supports of knwoledge. It symbolizes also equality, perfection and projection.
The sun symbolizes eternity, greatness, power, providence, nobleness, fame and magnifience.
Yellow symbolizes the sun and its traditional meanings: nobleness, wealth, power, light, constance and knowledge.
Blue symbolizes the sky and its traditional meanings: justice, truth, loyalty, charity and beauty.
Red symbolizes fire and its traditional meanings: strength, victory, temerity, highness and ardor.
White symbolizes the moon and its traditional meanings: purity, integrity, obedience, firmness, vigilance, eloquence and victory.
Black symbolizes the power and its traditional meanings: prudence, sadness, rigor, honesty and obedience.
The flag  was designed by Humberto Gómez Contreras and Miguel Oswald Martínez Palacio.
The shield of the institute is quartered. The upper left quarter shows a portrait of "The Sphinx", the famous Antonio Nariño, after whom the institute was named. The upper right quarter shows the map of Colombia with a handshake, which means "Committed to the building of a better homeland". The lower left quarter show the Olympic rings, representing sports. The lower right quarter shows a book, representing knowledge. The escutcheon in the middle is made of the shield of Cundinamarca. The shield is placed on a dhisk representing planet Earth and charged with the name of the institute. A scroll placed below the disk is charged with the names of the municipality and department. The colours, yellow, blue, red, are those of the national flag of Colombia.
The emblem was designed by Javier Alfonso Cárdenas Alonso.
On the drawing of the flag, the emblem is shown in black and white, with a red outline for the disk, scroll and quarters of the shield. This seems to be a gross approximation, since another drawing of the emblem shows it with blue background, yellow quarters, white letters and red outlines. The emblem of Cundinamarca is placed on a white disk.
However, on a photo showing very partially the flag (and completely the emblem), the letters appear in black, like on the drawing, and not in white!
Ivan Sache, 2 February 2009


Antonio Nariño, Institución Educativa Municipal


image by Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009

"Institución Educativa Municipal 'Antonio Nariño'" (INEDAN) is located at Pasto, Department of Nariño.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described by Luis Eduardo Alvarez (the designer of the flag and emblem, together with Giovanny Chamorro) on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided blue-white-yellow with a green triangle placed along the hoist and covering one third of the flag length. The overall proportions are specified as 1:2.
The blue stripe represents stability, depth and clarity of the institutional horizon, linked to intelligence, knowledge and sincerity.
The white stripe represents perfection and acts enlightened by God.
The yellow stripe represents the sun light, joy, intelligence and energy involved in the educational and cultural acts.
The green triangle represents hope, exuberance, fertility and freshness characteristic of the natural environment of Pasto.
The municipal flag of Pasto has the same design, but with different colours. This may not be purely coincidental.
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2009


Antonio Van Uden, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 28 January 2009

"Colegio 'Antonio Van Uden'" was founded in the borough of San Pablo de Fontibón, Bogotá, by the Dutch Antonio Van Uden, and transferred in 1958 to the Federal District of Bogotá.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided green-white-blue (1:2:1) with the emblem of the institute in the middle.
The emblem of the institute is made of a white triangle outlined in green and charged with the portrait of Antonio Van Uden, surrounded by three elements representing the three pillars of the education provided in the college, "values, science and technology", the whole placed on a blue disk outlined in green, inscribed in a white hexagone outlined in green charged with the name of the institute and representing the educational duty of the institute, "Education with love, gratitude and transcendance".  
Ivan Sache, 28 January 2009


Antonio Narino, Universidad


image by Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

Universidad Antonio Narino, Bogota, Colombia (Antonio Narino University) - I have not found this in their website <www.uan.edu.co>, but I have seen this flag flying over the main door and at the director's office.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003


Aquileo Parra, Institución Educativa Distrital


image by Ivan Sache, 26 July 2014

"Institución Educativa Distrital 'Aquileo Parra'", located in Bogotá, is named after Aquileo Parra (1825-1900), President of Colombia from 1876 to 1878.
Ivan Sache, 15 January 2009

The flag of the institute is vertically divided yellow-white-yellow with the institute's emblem in the middle.
Source: http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/WltLnE-Lqto/hqdefault.jpg - Photo
Ivan Sache, 26 July 2014


Área Andina, Fundación  Universitaria del


image by Ivan Sache, 3 February 2009

"Fundación  Universitaria del Área Andina" was founded in 1994 in Pereira, Department of Risaralda. It is made of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Administration, Marketing and Design, and Faculty of Law, Social and Human Sciences.
The website of the institute shows a photo of a table flag of the institute, horizontally divided green-white, with the emblem of the university "superimposed". The emblem clearly does not exist on this particular flag but was added subsequently to the image, therefore it is not possible to conclude about the existence of a flag with the emblem.
Ivan Sache, 3 February 2009


Ariguaní, Liceo


image by Ivan Sache, 25 September 2014


image by Ivan Sache, 25 September 2014
modified by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 26 September 2014

Liceo Ariguaní is based in El Difícil, the capital of the municipality of Ariguaní (Magdalena Department).
The flag of the institute is described as horizontally divided golden yellow-white-purple. Golden yellow is a symbol of sincerity, liberty, purity, generosity, and piety.
White is a symbol of peace and love. Purple is a symbol of loyalty, land, justice, ingenuity, and knowledge.
Source: http://liceoariguani.es.tl/Bandera.htm - institute's website
A photo seems to indicate that the flag in use is indeed horizontally divided white-purple-yellow.
Source: http://liceoariguani.es.tl/GALERIA/pic-236.htm
Ivan Sache, 25 September 2014


Armero, Institución Educativa Tecnica Instituto


image by Ivan Sache, 29 September 2014

Institución Educativa Tecnica Instituto Armero was established in Armero (Tolima Department) by Departmental Resolution No. 1,215 of 3 October 2003, as the merger of Colegio Oficial Instituto Armero (est. 2 February 1945) and Institución Docente Dario Echandia.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green. White is a symbol of integrity, transparency, and justice. Green is a symbol of hope and faith.
Source: http://norfery1013.wordpress.com/simbolos/
Ivan Sache, 29 September 2014


Alvernia, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 6 November 2010

Colegio Alvernia was founded in 1942 in Suba (Bogotá Capital District) by the nuns of the Franciscan Congregation of the Inmaculate Mary. The congregation was founded in Coloimbia in 1893 by Blessed María Caridad Brader (1860-1943), a Swiss-born missionary.
Source: http://colegioalvernia.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=6
The flag of Colegio Alvernia, as shown on the institute's website, is horizontally divided white-pink with the institute's coat of arms in the middle. "Its white and pink folds are like a silent poem committing the female youth to love kindness, good practice and moral purity, symbolized by whiteness."
Source: http://colegioalvernia.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=88&amp;Itemid=7
The coat of arms was designed by Mother Alicia David Ramírez. The mountain shown in the background represents the mountain of La Verna (Spanish, Alvernia), offerred on 8 May 1213 by Count Orlando da Chiusi to St. Francis of Assisi; the saint retired there and recieved the stigmata a few years later. The Sanctuary of La Verna was built on the mountain in 1348-1459. The mountain further symbolizes love offerred by St. Francis of Assisi.
The flaming torch and cross shown in the upper left of the shield represents the "Christ's light" and the virtue provided by science. The table with five books, one of them being open, shown in the lower part of the shield, represents science supported by God's word. The base of the shield is charged with the institute's monogram, made of the interlaced letters "CA".
Source: http://colegioalvernia.edu.co/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=89&amp;Itemid=7
Ivan Sache, 6 November 2010


Aquileo Parra, Institución Educativa Departamental


image by Ivan Sache, 21 October 2014

Institución Educativa Departamental Aquileo Parra (IEDAP) was originally established in Pacho (Cundinamarca Department) by Municipal Agreement No. 52 of 11 December 1996, as Liceo Aquileo Parra. Classes started on 17 February 1997. The institute is named for Aquileo Parra, President of the United States of Colombia from 1876 to 1878, who died on 1 January 1900 in La Ferrería borough, part of the municipality of Pacho.
The flag of IEDAP is horizontally divided blue-light blue-green, crossed by an orange ascending diagonal stripe and charged in the middle with the institute's emblem. Blue is a symbol of force and loyalty. Light blue is a symbol of virtue and peace. Green is a symbol of hope and of the natural environment. Orange is a symbol of joy and dynamism.
The emblem of IEDAP is "polychromous, harmonic, and with environmental connotation". The circular emblem is a symbol of integration; the yellow circular border is a symbol of knowledge and wealth. The two red stars represent virtue and dynamic conscience. The sun is a source of energy and a symbol of transparency. The monogram is the synthesis of a watch tower and of a telecommunication tower. The atom is a symbol of science. The ball is a symbol of games and sports. The colours have the same meaning as on the flag. White is a symbol of virtue. Red is a symbol of love and energy.
Source:  http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=160 - Institute's website
The flag in actual use is charged with a simplified version of the institute's emblem, being a white disk featuring only the monogram of  IEDAP.
Photos:
http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=72:feria-de-las-profesiones&id=1404:img-20131022-wa0001&tmpl=component&Itemid=212
http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=19:dia-del-idioma&id=333:dsc04818&tmpl=component&Itemid=212
http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=19:dia-del-idioma&id=337:dsc04823&tmpl=component&Itemid=212
http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=8:cumpleanos-colegio-2010&id=971:img0656&tmpl=component&Itemid=212
http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=20:dia-de-la-familia-2011&id=346:familyday-008&tmpl=component&Itemid=212
http://www.aquileoparra.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=28:desfile-25-de-agosto-2011&id=532:dsc05765&tmpl=component&Itemid=212
Ivan Sache, 21 October 2014


Artemio Mendoza Carvajal, Institución Educativa Municipal


image by Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014

Institución Educativa Municipal Artemio Mendoza Carvajal is located in Pasto (Nariño Department). The institute is named for Artemio Mendoza Carvajal (1935-1977), teacher at Instituto San Juan Bosco in Pasto and student's leader at Universidad Pedagógica de Tunja. He also founded Colegio Ciudad de Pasto and INEM de Pasto.
The flag of the institute is presented in the institute's Etiquette Guidebook as horizontally divided red-blue-red with a yellow triangle placed along the hoist, that is the flag of Pasto, "for the location of the institute in urban area". "When a contest is called", the institute's emblem is added to the yellow triangle.
The yellow triangle means light, power, constancy, knowledge, and nobleness. Vermilion red is a symbol of audacity, valiance, highness, strength, war, and triumph with blood shed.
Blue is a symbol of the sky, of justice, beauty, charity, loyalty, and care.
The emblem of the institute features a bright sun on a celestial background, a representation of volcano Galeras*. In the middle is placed the Monument to Knowledge ensigned with a cross, as a symbol of faith and religion. The lower part of the emblem features the flags of Pasto, Nariño Department, and Colombia, charged with the institute's monogram.
Source: http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1y838/MANUALDECONVIVENCIA/resources/6.htm
*Galeras (4,276 m) is the most active volcano in Colombia. Its last, non-explosive eruption was recorded on 31 August 2010.
Ivan Sache, 20 October 2014


Arturo Aurelio Martínez, Institución Educativa Municipal


image by Ivan Sache, 28 November 2014

Institución Educativa Municipal Arturo Aurelio Martínez was established in Pandiaco borough (Municipality of San Juan de Pasto, Nariño Department) by Decree No. 363 of 26 August 2003, as the merger of Colegio Departamental Aurelio Arturo Martínez and Concentración Escolar Juan XXIII. The institute is named for the lawyer and poet Arturo Aurelio Martínez (1906-1974), author of the anthology _Morada al Sur,_ (1963, 1975).
The flag of the institute is diagonally divided red-white-yellow according to the ascending diagonal. Red is a symbol of belonging to the institute, justice, highness and power. White is a symbol of knowledge, light and infinity. Yellow is a symbol of power, constancy and nobleness.
Source: http://iemaurelioarturo.wordpress.com/simbolos/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 28 November 2014


A.S.I.A. Ignaciana, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 12 September 2014

The Institución Educativa A.S.I.A. Ignaciana is actually a school sponsored by the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola. Having studied there (at Colegio San Ignacio) I have the centennial yearbook of 1985, where they comment on the establishment of the Institución Educativa A.S.I.A. Ignaciana.
First, there was the establishment of A.S.I.A. Ignaciana. A.S.I.A. stands for Antiqui Societatis Iesu Alumni (in Latin) which means Antígüos Alumnos de la Compañía de Jesús (Alumni of the Society of Jesus). Every Jesuit school and university around the world has its own ASIA, being called Jesuit Alumni and gathered in the WUJA (World Union of Jesuit Alumni). The WUJA was established on 31st July, 1956 (the day which is commemorated as the Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola), in Bilbao in 1956. So for example the Colegio San Juan Berchmans in Cali has its ASIA Berchmans, and so on, worldwide. In fact, the latest WUJA Congress, the VIII WUJA Congress held in 2013 from August 14 to August 17, was hosted by ASIA Ignaciana at the Colegio San Ignacio facilities.
So after the establishment of A.S.I.A. Ignaciana, there was the establishment of Fundación Loyola (Loyola Foundation) in August 4, 1964 by members of the Class of 1946 (from the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola) but quickly invited other alumni to join them. It is a non-profit organization. They first settled where the current Institución Educativa A.S.I.A. Ignaciana is located, in a plain between the Municipalities of Bello and Medellín, called Playón de Los Comuneros. First the Fundación Loyola started a housing project there, but later as they saw the necessity for the community to have its own school, Fundación Loyola started first the "Escuela A.S.I.A. Ignaciana para niñas" (A.S.I.A. Ignaciana school for girls), then the Liceo Femenino A.S.I.A. Ignaciana (A.S.I.A. Ignaciana Women's Liseum) (granted recognition by the Ordenanza Departamental No. 30 of December 17, 1967 and given the status of Centro Educativo (Education Center) by Resolución No. 7481 of October 8, 1974 of the Secretaría de Educación Departamental (Antioquia's Department Secretariat of Education) on and then the Centro Asistencial John Jairo Piedrahíta (Medical Center John Jairo Piedrahita). Fundación Loyola purchased the land from the Archdiocese of Medellín and established the "Liceo Centenario Ignaciano" (official name, although most people know it simply as the Liceo Centenario) with its official motto of "NOS EDUCARON...EDUQUEMOS" (We were educated...let's educate).
My father, Luis Ramiro Rivera, having been a student in Colegio San Ignacio (graduated from Class of 1963) told me that all of his classmates and all other Alumni Classes before his' actually donated to the charity of Fundación Loyola to help build the "Liceo Centenario".
So the story is that the Liceo Centenario was transferred to the Secretaría de Educación (Education Secretariat) of the Municipality of Medellín (co-medel.html ) in 1971 and renamed IE Pbro Antonio José Bernal Londoño SJ (Institución Educativa Presbítero Antonio José Bernal Londoño, Sacerdote Jesuíta, Educational Institute Presbiterian Antonio Jose Bernal Londoño, Jesuit Priest in English) (in honor Presbiterian Antonio Bernal who helped established the ASIA Berchmans in Cali when he was the Principal of the San Juan Berchmans), which now operates under the Secretaría de Educación, which is one of the Secretarías of the Alcaldía de Medellín (the executive official government body of the city of Medellín, which depends on the Mayor of Medellín). Thus it is a public school
and as such is property of the city of Medellín. So in the land where the Liceo Centenario stood, Fundación Loyola with collaboration of the Secretaría de Educación de Medellín and the SENA established a new school called "IE Colegio Loyola para la Ciencia e Innovación" when it was transferred. It is important to notice that all public schools have the prefix "I.E." which stands for Institución Educativa (Educational Institution).
Source: http://www.asiaignaciana.org.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=26
So today's "I.E. A.S.I.A. Ignaciana" was established with the help of the misioneras Siervas de San José (missionaries Servants of Saint Joseph) in 1971 and A.S.I.A. and its Alumni helped pay the building costs through donations gathered by Fundación Loyola. In the beginning the I.E. A.S.I.A. Ignaciana operated as an annex of the Colegio Gilberto Alzate Avendaño but in March 1974 the Lice (as it was known back then) became autonomous, being official on August 26 of that same year. And in September 1975 the new school campus was inaugurated.
Source: http://asiaignaciana.freetzi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=53
The flag of I.E. A.S.I.A. Ignaciana can be seen here and here.
For additional information see: A.S.I.A. Ignaciana (official website)
Fundación Loyola (official website) 
I.E. (Institución Educativa)"A.S.I.A. Ignaciana" (official website) 
I.E. (Institución Educativa) "Pbro. Antonio José Bernal Londoño S.J." (official website)
Secretaría de Educación de Medellín (official website)
Ivan Sache, 28 September 2014 (based on contribution of Esteban Rivera)


image by Ivan Sache, 28 September 2014

Esteban found an image of the flag of IE Pebro Antonio José Bernal Londoño SJ (mentioned above). The flag is grey with a decentered blue-gray-red cross with the blue arm broader, and an emblem in the upper right quarter. This emblem appears to be not strictly equivalent to the institute's emblem.
Source: http://alfreago11.wordpress.com/fiestas-institucionales/
Ivan Sache, 28 September 2014


Atabanzha, Institución Educativa Distrital Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 22 July 2014

Institución Educativa Distrital Colegio Atabanzha is located in Usme (Bogotá).

The flag of the institute is diagonally divided green-white-blue per bend wavy.
http://colegioatabanzha.jimdo.com/orientación/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 22 July 2014


Ateneo Autónomo de Colombia, Colegio


image by Ivan Sache, 10 January 2009

"Colegio Ateneo Autónomo de Colombia" was founded on 10 November 1995 by "Sociedad para el Desarrollo de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo" (SODECET), legally registered the same day in Neiva, Department of Huila. Classes started on 28 February 1996. Recognized by the Department of Huila on 13 June 2001 (Decree No. 563), the institute has sections in the municipalities of Acevedo, Algeciras, Campoalegre, Garzón, Guadalupe, Palermo, Pitalito, San José de Isnos, Suaza and Timaná.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided yellow-green with a red stripe placed vertically along the hoist. Red means strength, valor and courage required to fulfill the life's project and contribute to the regional and national development. Yellow represents loyalty in the personal relationships and social commitment, as well as the joyous atmosphere of fraternity found in the institution's activities. Green represents growth and aspiration to promote values and balanced development.
Ivan Sache, 10 January 2009


Ateneo, Institución Educativa


image by Ivan Sache, 15 September 2014

Institución Educativa Ateneo, located in Pradera (Valle Department), is managed by the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, a congregation founded in 1943 by Mother María Berenice (María Ana Julia Duque Henkler; 1898-1993).
The flag of the institute, designed by Hernan Barona Sossa, is horizontally divided blue-white-red. Blue is a symbol of harmony, peace, and balance. White is a perfect symbol of purity, pleasure, joy, light, and truth. Blue and white are the Marian colours. Red is a symbol of personal growth of the students in the holistic education provided by the institute.
Source: http://directivosateneo.blogspot.fr/2013/01/simbolos-de-la-institucion-educativa.html - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2014


Atlántico, Universidad del


image by Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002

Located in Barranquilla, Atlantico Department. The flag shown on the website is a blue triangular flag with an orange Scandinavian cross separated from the blue background by a thin white fimbriation. Exact proportions cannot be infered from the original source. I have used overall 1:2 proportion by default.
Source: <www.uniatlantico.edu.co>.
Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002


Institucion Educativa Departamental "Liceo Ariguaní"


image by Ivan Sache, Ivan Sache, 15 July 2013

Institucion Educativa Departamental "Liceo Ariguaní" was approved in November 1982 by Resolution No. 22,683.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided yellow-white-purple with the institute's emblem in the middle. Yellow is a symbol of sincerity, liberty, purity, generosity and piety. White is a symbol of peace and love. Purple is a symbol of loyalty, earth, justice, knowledge and wisdom; purple is also the traditional colour of strength, courage and dedication.
The emblem of the institute is made of the following elements:
- a sketchy green map of Colombia, representing all the aspects of the homeland; green is a symbol of hope, youth, force, conscience, intrepidity, abundance, friendship, production, productivity and progress
- a broken chain in the national colours, surrounding the map, representing oppression and vexation caused by ignorance and misery, suppressed by the pressure of study, science, education and knowledge;
- a flaming torch, symbolizing light and safe guidance and progress in science, arts, religion, reason, economy and all other human activities, accomplished through study, application, discipline, education and wisdom.
- an open book, symbolizing the most universal source of knowledge, wisdom and equality. (flag) (emblem)
Ivan Sache, 15 July 2013