Este articulo pretende realizar un acercamiento al tema de la educacion intercultural, para ello se parte de la idea que el estudio de la interculturalidad y su relacion con lo educativo reviste hoy gran interes en el mundo academico, sobre todo en regiones como el Caribe Colombiano, caracterizada por una sociedad con una rica diversidad cultural que ademas posee unas marcadas desigualdades sociales, asi como graves problemas de exclusion de amplios sectores de la sociedad que aun permanecen en situaciones de pobreza y falta de acceso a una educacion de calidad que no solamente corresponda a sus necesidades sino que tambien reconozca una de sus principales caracteristicas: su interculturalidad. PALABRAS CLAVES Educacion, Interculturalidad, diversidad, multiculturalidad, region caribe, desigualdades, valores, escuelas y universidades. ABSTRACT This article pretends to do a close-up to the intercultural education theme, in order to do so we start from the idea that the intercultural‘ study and its relationship with anything educative is of great interest in the academic world, specially in all regions as the Colombian Caribbean, characterized by a rich cultural diversity which posses very marked differences, and also serious exclusion’s problems of wide sectors of the society that still remain in poverty situation and lack of access to a quality education which not only correspond to their necessities but also recognized one of theirs principals characteristics: their interculturalism. KEY WORDS Education, interculturalism, diversity, multiculturalism, Caribbean region, inequality, values, schools and universities.