School Feeding Program Coverage in Norte de Santander, Colombia (May 2021)

39 municipalities in the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia, are covered by this dataset detailing the School Feeding Program (PAE). It lists the number of student beneficiaries in rural and urban educational institutions, sourced from the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co. The data was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze coverage disparities between ZONA (urban/rural) using PORCENTAJE DE COBERTURA and TOTAL DE CUPOS ASIGNADOS.
• Map program allocation by MUNICIPIO and ESTABLECIMIENTO EDUCATIVO for geographic resource analysis.
• Link institutional records via CODIGO DANE IE to other national education datasets for longitudinal studies.

Strengths

• Covers 39 non-certified municipalities in a specific Colombian department.
• Includes a unique institution identifier (CODIGO DANE IE) for potential data linking.
• Provides both raw counts (TOTAL DE CUPOS ASIGNADOS) and a normalized metric (PORCENTAJE DE COBERTURA).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Administrative data collected according to targeting criteria established by Resolution 29452 of 2017 from the National Ministry of Education.

Time Range

May 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:55:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Norte de Santander department, Colombia (39 non-certified municipalities).