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title: "Furniture of poor education (Desk of Cecilia María Vélez)"
summary: "Furniture of poor education (Desk of Cecilia María Vélez). Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. 2021 Drawing and writing in pen, on a desk 54 x 58 x 83 cm aprox."
description: "2021 Drawing and writing in pen, on a desk 54 x 58 x 83 cm aprox."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/2-derechos/muebles-de-mala-educacion/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-11T11:55:26-05:00"
---

Publicado: 4 of October of 2021

# Furniture of poor education (Desk of Cecilia María Vélez)

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[Gallery 2. Rights](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/2-derechos/)

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**Photo credits: Humberto Junca**  
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#### Humberto Junca Casas

2021  
Drawing and writing in pen, on a desk  
54 x 58 x 83 cm aprox.

On this wooden and metal desk, a realistic portrait of María Cecilia Vélez, Minister of Education during Álvaro Uribe Vélez’s administration, is drawn on the seat with pen ink. On the desktop appears a text about the “Educational Revolution,” the government programme aimed at strengthening technical labour over knowledge generation. This work is part of Humberto Junca’s series titled “Furniture of Poor Education,” which presents a critical view of the State and its public policies. These desks invite reflection on the shortcomings of the Colombian education system and raise questions about the right to education enshrined in article 67 of the Constitution.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://www.revistacredencial.com/historia/temas/obra-destacada-muebles-de-mala-educacion-2012-2014-de-humberto-junca-casas)

[About the Artist](http://humbertojunca.com/)

[Sentencia T-743 2013 Derecho a la educación](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2013/t-743-13.htm)

[Sentencia T-030-2020 No regresividad en la educación](//www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2020/T-030-20.htm)

[Back to Gallery 2. Rights](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/2-derechos/)

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