Teachers and students in at least seven cities around Colombia continued their protest against the nation's lack of resources for public education on Tuesday, October 23.

Protestors are demanding that the government comply with agreements that were signed in 2017, which includes salary increases, more classrooms, higher funding and further education opportunities for teachers.

According to local media, the National Federation of Education Workers (Fecode), has begun a 24-hour national strike as several teachers and one student continue their hunger strikes.

Thousands of students and teachers went on a new day of marches to demand more budget for public education. Students demand more investment in infrastructure, research classrooms and salary improvements for teachers.

Thousands of people took the main streets of Bogotá and came to the Congress of the Republic to make their demands