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 Institución Educativa Rural Marco A Rojo

The history of the institution allows us to observe that the primary was founded in the year 1939, with an educator and a single grade. In the course of the years both grades and places were extended, until reaching the year 1963 where the entire primary school is completed and, it is called ESCUELA URBANA MARCO A. ROJO, named after the priest MARCO ANTONIO ROJO who worked in Valdivia and was one of the architects who influenced the creation of this educational center.

The baccalaureate began functioning in 1970 as a secondary school attached to the IDEM of Valdivia, in the municipal capital, with the name of Liceo Municipal de Puerto Valdivia.

In 1984 the primary and the baccalaureate were integrated by Decree 0344 of March 10, 1983 under the name of CONCENTRACIÓN EDUCATIVA MARCO A. ROJO.

Initially the baccalaureate began to operate in a local borrowed by the parish, which was directed by the priest Jaime Osorio. Today it operates on a physical plant that was formerly a military base, then donated and suitable for education. It should be noted that this land was presented by Mr. HUMBERTO ESTRADA, especially for education.

The first promotion of the Basic Secondary (grade 9), was in the year 1982.

In June 1998 the Third Day for Adults began to operate, governed by Decree 3011 of 1997.

For the year 1999 the grades 10º and 11º are created according to Resolution 10336 of November 22, 1999 and, this same year they approve the studies of Preschool to Eleventh by Resolution 11010 of December 02 of 1999 and it receives the name of COLEGIO MARCO A. ROJO.

The first Rector in property is appointed in February 1987, this was under the direction of the Rector of the IDEM of Valdivia while the establishment functioned as an annex.  Then they were as managers in the direction: AICARDO GONZÁLEZ, RAMIRO TABORDA and JOSÉ ÁLVAREZ; the first two worked as full-time educators and the last as director of the Núcleo Educativo 0809.

In the year 2002 is named institution by Resolution 15029 of October 25 of 2002, being with the name of INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA RURAL MARCO A. ROJO.