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Key Facts: Concurso Docente (Aula) Exam

70/100

Eliminatory minimum on the aptitudes and basic-competencies test for docentes

Decreto 1075 de 2015 art. 2.4.1.1.11

≥55%

Floor weight of that written test in the overall concurso for docentes

Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11

≤30% / ≤10%

Caps on valoración de antecedentes and entrevista for docentes

Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.14

2 years

Vigencia of the lista de elegibles from publication

Decreto Ley 1278 de 2002 art. 11 parágrafo

60%

Minimum período-de-prueba performance/competency score to enter the Escalafón Docente

Decreto Ley 1278 de 2002

4 components

Minimum written-test components: lectura crítica, razonamiento cuantitativo, soft skills, disciplinary plus pedagogical knowledge

Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 (numeral 4 as modified by Decreto 2105 de 2017)

Spanish

Official contest language

CNSC / MEN contest materials

2026 drafts

CNSC published project agreements, anexo técnico and preliminary OPEC for public comment in August 2026

CNSC announcement of proyectos de acuerdo for the 2026 teacher process

Colombia CNSC classroom-teacher merit contest: Spanish written aptitudes test (eliminatory 70/100 under Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11) plus interview and antecedents, then período de prueba under Decreto 1278.

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1A candidate for docente de aula is studying Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 before sitting the CNSC concurso. What minimum score on the prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas lets a classroom-teacher candidate continue in that article’s regime?

A.60/100, the same floor later used in the período de prueba

B.70/100

C.80/100, the cut used for directivos docentes

D.55/100, matching the written-test weight floor

Explanation: For docentes, art. 2.4.1.1.11 sets 70/100 as the eliminatory minimum on the prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas. The 80/100 figure belongs to directivos, not to the aula cargo this bank prepares. The 60% período-de-prueba floor and the 55% weight floor are different rules and must not be copied onto the written cut.

2In the overall scoring of the concurso for docentes de aula, Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 sets a floor weight for the prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas. What is that floor?

A.At least 45%, the floor that applies to directivos

B.Exactly 70%, because 70 is also the eliminatory cut

C.At least 55%

D.At most 30%, because antecedents cannot exceed that share

Explanation: For docentes, the written aptitudes and basic-competencies test must weigh at least 55% of the concurso. Directivos have a lower written-test floor (at least 45%), which is a common mix-up. The 70/100 figure is a score cut, not a weighting, and the 30% cap belongs to valoración de antecedentes under art. 2.4.1.1.14.

3This English MCQ is a study adaptation; the official CNSC sitting is in Spanish. Under Decreto Ley 1278 art. 9, after verification of requirements, which stage selects who continues toward the lista de elegibles?

A.The prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas, whose result is then published

B.The entrevista, treated as the only eliminatory written test

C.Valoración de antecedentes, which must occur before any written test

D.The período de prueba inside the school, which replaces the written test for aula cargos

Explanation: Artículo 9 splits selection from later classification. Selection uses the prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas and then publishes that result. Only afterwards come the psychotechnical test, interview, and valoración de antecedentes, which feed classification into the lista de elegibles. The período de prueba is an appointment stage after naming, not a concurso selection test.

4An Entidad Territorial Certificada publishes a lista de elegibles after a CNSC concurso. Under Decreto Ley 1278 art. 11, how long does that list remain valid (vigencia) from publication?

A.Until the next school year starts

B.Six months from the written test date

C.Four months, matching the período de prueba minimum in the cargo

D.Two years from publication

Explanation: Artículo 11 gives the lista de elegibles a two-year vigencia counted from publication. That clock is independent of the school calendar, of the written-test date, and of the four-month minimum service in período de prueba. Vacancies are then filled in list order during that window.

5A docente de aula has already been named and is finishing período de prueba. Under Decreto Ley 1278, what minimum result in desempeño and competencies is required to enter the Escalafón Docente?

A.70/100, copied from the written-test cut for docentes

B.80/100, copied from the directivos written-test cut

C.At least 60%; below that, docentes are removed from service

D.55%, copied from the written-test weight floor

Explanation: Período de prueba is evaluated on desempeño and competencies. A result of at least 60% is treated as satisfactory and allows inscription in the Escalafón Docente. Docentes who fall below 60% are removed from service. That classroom-service floor is not the same number as the 70/100 written cut, the 80/100 directivos cut, or the 55% test weight.

6A newly named docente de aula is appointed in período de prueba. Decreto Ley 1278 art. 12 requires that naming to last:

A.Until the lista de elegibles expires (two years)

B.Through the school year, with at least four months actually served in the cargo

C.Exactly one calendar year regardless of the school calendar

D.Until a 70/100 classroom observation is recorded by CNSC

Explanation: Artículo 12 places the named teacher in período de prueba through the school year and requires at least four months actually served in the cargo. The two-year clock belongs to the lista de elegibles, not to the trial appointment. CNSC does not replace the school-year trial with a 70/100 observation as the appointment rule.

7A docente de aula candidate is mapping how interview and background scores can count. Under Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.14, the ponderación caps for docentes are:

A.Valoración de antecedentes not above 30%; entrevista not above 10%

B.Antecedents not above 35% and interview not above 15% (the directivos caps)

C.Each instrument not above 55%, matching the written-test floor

D.Both combined not above 70%, matching the written cut

Explanation: For docentes, art. 2.4.1.1.14 caps valoración de antecedentes at 30% and the entrevista at 10%. Directivos may be weighted up to 35% and 15% respectively — those higher caps are a trap on an aula item. Neither 55% nor 70% is an interview/antecedents cap.

8In the Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 regime, which written test is eliminatory for a docente de aula?

A.The entrevista, because it is written as an essay

B.Valoración de antecedentes, because titles are checked on paper

C.The prueba psicotécnica, because it is administered with a booklet

D.The prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas — the only eliminatory written test in that article

Explanation: Art. 2.4.1.1.11 treats the prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas as the only eliminatory written test. The psychotechnical test, interview, and antecedents belong to later classification and are not that article’s eliminatory written instrument. Calling the interview or antecedents a “written eliminatory test” confuses documents with the aptitudes exam.

9A PEI excerpt states: “Every classroom plan must make the institutional learning profile visible; a plan that only lists textbook pages does not meet this duty.” What does the text actually claim?

A.The PEI is itself a daily lesson plan and replaces classroom planning

B.Classroom plans must show the institutional profile; paging through a textbook is not enough

C.Teachers may ignore the PEI whenever a textbook is official

D.Only the rector writes plans; aula teachers copy page numbers

Explanation: The excerpt treats the PEI as the institutional profile and requires classroom plans to make that profile visible. It explicitly rejects a plan that is only a list of textbook pages. It does not turn the PEI into a lesson plan, authorize ignoring the PEI, or assign all planning to the rector.

10A school circular reads: “Selection into the process uses the written aptitudes test; later classification uses the psychotechnical test, interview, and antecedents.” A colleague says classification happens before any written test. Why is that reading unfaithful to the circular?

A.Because the circular never mentions a written test

B.Because “later” places classification after written selection, not before it

C.Because antecedents always replace the written test for aula teachers

D.Because the circular is describing período de prueba, not the concurso

Explanation: The circular names written selection first and then says classification uses later instruments. Reading classification as happening before any written test inverts the sequence the text actually gives. The circular is about concurso stages, not about período de prueba, and it does not say antecedents replace the written test.

About the Concurso Docente (Aula) Exam

The Concurso de Méritos for docentes de aula is Colombia's national merit process for ingreso to the Carrera Docente in official preschool, basic and secondary schools under Decreto Ley 1278 de 2002. CNSC administers the process; MEN sets functions and competency profiles in Resolución 3842 de 2022. The written prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas is eliminatory (70/100 for docentes under Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11) and must include critical reading, quantitative reasoning, behavioral competencies, and pedagogical competencies to enseñar, formar and evaluar. Survivors face a psychotechnical test, interview and background scoring before a two-year lista de elegibles and nombramiento in período de prueba. Official materials and sittings are in Spanish. This free bank is an English-language four-option MCQ study adaptation of classroom-teacher knowledge, decisions and legal-professional judgment — not an official translation, not a simulation of the psychotechnical test or interview, and not a substitute for subject-area content of a specific OPEC area.

Assessment

Decreto 1278 artículo 9: convocatoria; inscription and documents; verification of requirements; eliminatory prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas; publication of that result; then prueba psicotécnica, entrevista and valoración de antecedentes; classification into a lista de elegibles by cargo, level and area; appointment in período de prueba. Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 lists minimum written components (lectura crítica, razonamiento cuantitativo, soft skills, and disciplinary plus pedagogical knowledge) and a floor weight of 55% for docentes. Art. 2.4.1.1.14 caps antecedentes at 30% and entrevista at 10% for docentes.

Time Limit

Set in the CNSC acuerdo/anexo for each convocatoria; 2026 sitting time was not yet adopted as of the August 2026 consultation drafts

Passing Score

70/100 on the eliminatory prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas for docentes (Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11). Confirm the operative table in the adopted 2026 CNSC agreement.

Exam Fee

Confirm current derechos de participación in SIMO when the 2026 CNSC agreement is adopted. No 2026 fee is treated as final while only project agreements are published. (Comisión Nacional del Servicio Civil (CNSC), in coordination with the Ministerio de Educación Nacional)

Concurso Docente (Aula) Exam Content Outline

Required component 4

Pedagogical competencies (enseñar, formar, evaluar)

Apply didactics, educability and assessment of learning in classroom situations (Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 numeral 4).

Resolución 3842 gestión académica

Curriculum, planning, didactics and assessment of learning

Four classroom functional competencies: content/curriculum mastery, planning and organization, pedagogical-didactic practice, and evaluation of learning aligned to the PEI.

Required components 1–2

Lectura crítica and razonamiento cuantitativo

Critical reading and quantitative reasoning used in school cases (art. 2.4.1.1.11).

Required component 3 / comportamentales

Leadership, ethics, teamwork and citizenship

Behavioral competencies listed in Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 and Resolución 3842 for docentes de aula.

Not published as %

Carrera Docente and school-organization rules

Decreto 1278 ingreso stages, PEI and gobierno escolar (Ley 115 de 1994), and related classroom-facing national rules.

How to Pass the Concurso Docente (Aula) Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: 70/100 on the eliminatory prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas for docentes (Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11). Confirm the operative table in the adopted 2026 CNSC agreement.
Assessment: Decreto 1278 artículo 9: convocatoria; inscription and documents; verification of requirements; eliminatory prueba de aptitudes y competencias básicas; publication of that result; then prueba psicotécnica, entrevista and valoración de antecedentes; classification into a lista de elegibles by cargo, level and area; appointment in período de prueba. Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 lists minimum written components (lectura crítica, razonamiento cuantitativo, soft skills, and disciplinary plus pedagogical knowledge) and a floor weight of 55% for docentes. Art. 2.4.1.1.14 caps antecedentes at 30% and entrevista at 10% for docentes.
Time limit: Set in the CNSC acuerdo/anexo for each convocatoria; 2026 sitting time was not yet adopted as of the August 2026 consultation drafts
Exam fee: Confirm current derechos de participación in SIMO when the 2026 CNSC agreement is adopted. No 2026 fee is treated as final while only project agreements are published.

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Concurso Docente (Aula) Study Tips from Top Performers

1Read Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 as the written-test map: critical reading, quantitative reasoning, behavioral competencies, and pedagogy to teach, form and evaluate.

2Study Resolución 3842's four gestión académica competencies against a real PEI: content, planning, didactics, assessment.

3Know Decreto 1278 stages so you do not confuse the eliminatory written test with the later interview, antecedents, lista de elegibles or período de prueba.

4Practice applied calculations (group size, timetable fractions, simple grade summaries) because quantitative reasoning is an official written component.

5These MCQs are an English study aid. Rehearse also in Spanish with current CNSC/MEN materials once the 2026 anexo is adopted.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Colombia Concurso Docente for classroom teachers?

It is the national concurso de méritos for ingreso to the Carrera Docente as a docente de aula in official schools, under Decreto Ley 1278 de 2002. CNSC runs the process; Resolución 3842 de 2022 sets the classroom-teacher functions and competencies.

Is this the same as the Directivos Docentes contest?

It is the same legal proceso de selección, but cargos are different. Directivos (rector, director rural, coordinador) have distinct functions in Resolución 3842 and a higher eliminatory cut (80/100) in Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11. Use the Directivos bank for those cargos.

What is the official passing score?

Decreto 1075 art. 2.4.1.1.11 sets 70/100 as the minimum on the eliminatory aptitudes and basic-competencies test for docentes. Confirm the adopted 2026 CNSC agreement for that convocatoria's scoring table.

How many questions are on the official written test?

The 2026 CNSC agreement had not adopted a public item count as of the August 2026 consultation drafts. This 100-item bank is a study aid, not the official booklet length.

Is this practice bank in the same language and format as the real contest?

No. Official tests, interviews and documents are in Spanish, and the contest also includes a psychotechnical test, interview and background scoring. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official translation or a full-format simulation.