Colonial Education In The Siete Partidas Of King Alfonso El Sabio

Abstract

In this article we study the imposition of the Spanish educational system in the colonies of Spain in the Viceroyalty of Peru, with a brief analysis of Inca education, the role of quipucamayoc and amawtas, responsible for managing the quipos and oral memory. The new colonial order instructed the transcription of information from the quipucamayoc, destroyed the quipus, imposed the Castilian language and literate culture, which replaced Quechua and Quipu, the notary replaced Quipucamayoc and the chronicler to the Amawta. The study is based on the analysis of the Siete Partidas of King Alfonso El Sabio, with emphasis on the Second Partida that, through ten laws, implemented the new colonial educational system. The result was an elitist and exclusive educational system, intended for children of Spaniards and indigenous chiefs, leaving the indigenous population marginalized. Many of the educational institutions of that era survive today.