THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE ACADEMIC FIELD OF THE POPULAR UNIVERSITY OF CESAR VALLEDUPAR CAMPUS.

Abstract

The methodology used was qualitative, supported by the historical-hermeneutical research method, whose basic elements are tradition, understanding, interpretation, finding, analysis and reflection. Additionally, the interview was applied. The reference techniques were the characteristics of the academic environment, job categories, professors, and people who attended the programs. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the institution and the organization to comply with all the relevant provisions, such as recommendation 0064 of 2020 of the National Government and decrees 457 and 417 of 2020, was as follows: the educational field, which has stopped providing its face-to-face educational services, restricting graduation ceremonies and Christmas events for subprograms and proclamation.

Among the dynamics that govern the academic, socio-cultural, economic, scientific, environmental and educational fields, and that play a fundamental role in the development of the territory, is the Popular University of Cesar Valledupar campus. This space presents a wide range of training aimed at the interests, expectations and potentialities of the individual, which allows him to generate effective human and social development, which enables citizen participation and concerns the growth, advancement and progress of the territory. In this sense, this research explored the impact of the pandemic on the execution of academic projects carried out at the UPC Valledupar campus, during the period of time between 2020_1 and 2022_1.