Dirección Regional de Educación Apurímac

What Dirección Regional de Educación Apurímac does

Dirección Regional de Educación Apurímac (DRE Apurímac / DREA) is the regional government education authority of Apurímac, Peru, operating under the Government Regional de Apurímac and the Ministry of Education of Peru. It is headquartered in Abancay and coordinates educational services across the region through 8 Unidades de Gestión Educativa Local (UGEL): Abancay, Andahuaylas, Aymaraes, Chincheros, Huancarama, Antabamba, Cotabambas, and Grau. Its functional mandate covers the Inicial, Primaria, and Secundaria levels, and includes teacher placement, school enrollment coordination (explicitly free of charge to families), pedagogical competitions, disaster risk management, environmental and water-safety programs, and implementation of national education policies under the 'Movilización Nacional por la Transformación de la Educación' initiative. It serves students, teachers, administrative staff, and families as user segments, and is led by Regional Director Mag. Sandra Rivas Medina.

DRE Apurímac's product surface centers on a main institutional portal hosted on the Plataforma del Estado Peruano (gob.pe) that exposes administrative procedures, legal norms, transparency data, and procurement information. Two interactive sub-products extend its reach: 'Mi Cole con Agua Segura' at agua.dreapurimac.gob.pe, a regional web platform for water safety monitoring and chlorine residual early-alert reporting in schools, and 'Álbum Kawsaykuna', a digital flora-and-fauna educational album with a user registration system for biodiversity guardians. Both are integrated with the regional strategy stack rather than commercial product suites. The entity also operates a parallel administrative subsidiary, the Instituto de Educación Superior Tecnológico Público Abancay.

As a public government entity, DRE Apurímac has no commercial revenue model. Services are free to end users at the point of delivery (school enrollment is explicitly gratuito), and operating funds flow from regional and national public budgets, supplemented by performance-based transfers such as the FED (Fondo de Estímulo al Desempeño) coordinated with MIDIS, and by project-specific sponsorship (e.g., MMG Las Bambas for the 2025 pedagogical contest) and international development partnerships (Plan International, EU, UNESCO, Save the Children under #HorizontesSeguros). Distribution is hierarchical: from central DREA in Abancay to 8 UGELs and down to individual instituciones educativas, with no retail or reseller channel structure.

Name

Dirección Regional de Educación Apurímac

Legal name

Dirección Regional de Educación de Apurímac

Website

https://dreapurimac.gob.pe

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dirección Regional de Educación Apurímac (DRE Apurímac) is a Peruvian regional government education authority overseeing free educational services for Inicial, Primaria, and Secundaria levels across the Apurímac region's 8 UGEL networks, serving students, teachers, and families via administrative governance, water-safety programs, and pedagogical initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Administration

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADABAD

Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/School Districts, Local Education Authorities & Boards

SECONDARYEDADAJAD

Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Approval & Oversight

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Teacher Certification, Licensing & Professional Standards Boards

SECONDARYBPAGABAC

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYBPAGAAAB

Disaster Preparedness, Risk Reduction & Early Warning (DRR)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief

SECONDARYBPAGABAE

Education Access & Quality (International Development)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

Keywords

• Public education administration
• Regional education management
• School enrollment services
• Educational policy implementation
• Teacher placement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Abancay

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DRE Apurímac is the regional government education authority of the Apurímac region in Peru, responsible for managing and overseeing educational services across 8 Unidades de Gestión Educativa Local (UGEL) networks. It coordinates school enrollment, teacher placement, curriculum implementation, pedagogical competitions, regional educational projects, and inter-sectoral programs such as 'Mi Cole con Agua Segura' for water safety in schools, operating under the Ministry of Education of Peru and the Gobierno Regional de Apurímac.

Product overview

Dirección Regional de Educación Apurímac operates primarily as a government administrative portal hosted on the Peru.gob.pe platform. The organization offers a main institutional website providing access to educational administrative services, legal norms, public procurement, and news. A key sub-product is the 'Mi Cole con Agua Segura' interactive platform focused on water safety education in schools. Additionally, the 'Álbum Kawsaykuna' platform provides educational content about regional biodiversity. These products serve the educational community across the 8 UGEL (Local Educational Management Units) in the Apurímac region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal Principal DRE Apurímac
• Mi Cole con Agua Segura Platform Interactive educational web platform focused on water safety in schools, part of a regional strategy to ensure safe water practices, monitoring, and chlorination in educational institutions across the Apurímac region. Features interactive educational modules, water quality monitoring systems, and a chlorine residual early alert system.
• Álbum Kawsaykuna - Flora y Fauna de Apurímac

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,800 students participated in Regional School Sports Games 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministry of Health (Sector Salud)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026DRE Apurímac works in articulation with the health sector for the implementation of the 'Mi Cole con Agua Segura' regional strategy, coordinating water safety monitoring and health-related interventions in educational institutions.
• Sanitation Sector (Sector Saneamiento)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Collaboration with the sanitation sector for the 'Mi Cole con Agua Segura' strategy, focusing on water quality monitoring, chlorine testing, and maintenance of water storage systems in schools.
• Social Development Sector (Desarrollo Social)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Inter-institutional coordination with the social development sector for the 'Mi Cole con Agua Segura' regional strategy, contributing to comprehensive student welfare programs.
• MIDIS (Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2026DRE Apurímac coordinates with MIDIS for the Fondo de Estímulo al Desempeño (FED) program, socialized through the Regional Government of Apurímac and the Social Development Management, aimed at strengthening educational management and achieving learning outcome targets.
• Plan InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025Plan International partnered with DRE Apurímac in the framework of the #HorizontesSeguros project, supported by the European Union, UNESCO, Save the Children, and the Regional Education Group for LAC. The collaboration launched the regional web platform 'Buenas prácticas para la seguridad escolar' (Good practices for school safety) to promote documentation and exchange of successful school safety experiences across Peru and Latin America and the Caribbean.
• European Union (Unión Europea)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025The European Union supports the #HorizontesSeguros project in collaboration with Plan International, UNESCO, and Save the Children, aimed at promoting school safety practices through a regional web platform accessible to educational institutions across Latin America.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025UNESCO participates as a supporting partner in the #HorizontesSeguros project alongside Plan International, European Union, and Save the Children, contributing to school safety platform development across the Latin American and Caribbean region.
• Save the ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025Save the Children collaborates in the #HorizontesSeguros school safety initiative supported by the European Union, in partnership with Plan International and UNESCO, to document and share successful school safety experiences regionally.
• MMG Las BambasminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2025MINERA 'MMG LAS BAMBAS' provided sponsorship (auspicio) for the VII Regional Pedagogical Good Practices Contest 'INSPIRANDO APRENDIZAJES' 2025, demonstrating corporate social responsibility engagement with regional education initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Plan International Peru: INGO partner on the #HorizontesSeguros platform; comparable in deploying child-safety and education programs in rural Peruvian regions and leveraging EU/multilateral co-funding structures.
• Save the Children Peru: INGO partner on #HorizontesSeguros; runs school-safety and education programs in Peru's highland regions with delivery models structurally aligned to DRE Apurímac's WASH and safe-school agenda.

Broad incumbents

• Ministerio de Educación del Perú (MINEDU): National-level Peruvian education ministry that sets policy, allocates budget, and supervises all DREs. Operates the same educational agenda at national scale and is the parent authority in the governance hierarchy.
• UNESCO (Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office): Multilateral agency with which DRE Apurímac partners on school safety; operates at scale across LAC on education policy, teacher development, and school-safety frameworks that intersect directly with DRE Apurímac's mandate.
• UNICEF Peru: UN agency running education access, WASH-in-Schools, and child-protection programs across Peru — overlapping thematic territory with DRE Apurímac's Mi Cole con Agua Segura and school safety initiatives.

Direct peers

• Dirección Regional de Educación de Ayacucho: Andean regional education directorate of comparable size and poverty profile to Apurímac, sharing indigenous-language, rural-access, and pedagogical-quality challenges. Closest functional peer in terms of operating environment.
• Dirección Regional de Educación de Cusco: Sister regional education directorate in neighboring Cusco, operating under the same Peruvian legal framework with parallel UGEL oversight responsibilities. Most directly comparable in mandate, structure, and scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

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