Colégio Estadual José Rufino

What Colégio Estadual José Rufino does

OBMEP (Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas) is Brazil's national mathematical olympiad for public school students, founded in 2005 and operated by IMPA (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada), a leading Brazilian mathematics research institute headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. The program targets students from 6th grade through 3rd year of high school, with private school participation admitted since 2017. The 20th edition was held in 2025, with 684 medalists awarded at a national ceremony attended by President Lula and cabinet ministers.

The program operates a portfolio of integrated offerings: the annual OBMEP competition (free for public school students, nominal fee for private), PIC (Programa de Iniciação Científica Jr.) for medalist scientific initiation with CNPq-funded R$300/month scholarships, PICME for graduate-level simultaneous studies, POTI for intensive pre-competition training, Clubes de Matemática for community-based math clubs, and Olimpíada Mirim for younger students. Supporting infrastructure includes the Portal da OBMEP (free video lessons, solved problems, theory, interactive apps), dedicated portals for each PIC edition, the Clubes blog/forum, and university scholarship partnerships with IHS Towers, Fundação Behring, and IDOR/Rede D'Or São Luiz. Distribution occurs via Brazil's public school network (schools self-register with MEC/INEP codes), supported by a regional coordinator network (CRIC).

OBMEP is a non-profit educational program with no commercial revenue; all core offerings are free to public school students. Monetary flows are pass-through scholarships funded by government agencies (CNPq, CAPES) and corporate partners (IHS, Behring, IDOR). Operating costs are absorbed within IMPA's institutional budget. The business model is fundamentally a public-good educational initiative whose sustainability depends on continued government and corporate sponsorship rather than user fees or commercial monetization.

Name

Colégio Estadual José Rufino

Legal name

Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas (OBMEP)

Website

https://obmep.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. CNPq PIC Fellowships: The PIC (Scientific Initiation Program Jr.) provides monthly scholarships of R$ 300 to eligible medalist students enrolled in public schools, funded through CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico). The program also offers scholarships via CAPES for Master's and Doctorate levels through the PICME program.
2. CNPq PIC 19th Edition Fellowship: CNPq pays PIC scholarships via payment order (saque diretamente no caixa em qualquer agência do Banco do Brasil). Vigência periods begin monthly from April through November 2025.
3. IDOR-Ciência Pioneira Scholarship: 2 scholarships of R$ 900/month for 12 months, renewable up to 60 months, for medalists entering public university in biological/medical sciences. Funded by Ciência Pioneira / IDOR partnership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Colégio Estadual José Rufino is a public school in Candeal, Bahia, Brazil, that delivers K-12 education services to students from 6th grade through high school as part of Brazil's national public education system. The school registers its students to participate in the OBMEP national mathematics olympiad and provides access to free educational content, video lessons, exercises, and study materials through OBMEP's digital portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Public Education Services
• OBMEP Mathematics Olympiad Participation
• Access to Portal da OBMEP Educational Content
• Access to Clubes de Matemática Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 684 medalists awarded in 20th OBMEP (2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IMPA - Instituto de Matemática Pura e AplicadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005IMPA is the primary organizer and realizer of OBMEP. As Brazil's leading mathematics research institute, IMPA designs competition problems, manages operations, develops educational content, and runs the Portal da OBMEP. IMPA also coordinates the POTI program and PICME.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): Premier global high-school mathematics competition. Comparable as the apex competition in the same talent-development pyramid, though country-level rather than organizationally comparable.
• Khan Academy: Large free educational content platform whose math and physics video/lesson library overlaps with Portal da OBMEP's free content mission. Comparable on free K-12 STEM content delivery, though broader and not competition-focused.
• Art of Problem Solving (AoPS): US-based commercial platform offering competition math curriculum, training, and community forums that directly overlaps with OBMEP's enrichment and Clubes de Matemática functions. Comparable as a math-competition preparation and content ecosystem, though profit-driven rather than public-good.
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA): Runs AMC/AIME/USAMO and broader US math competition infrastructure, including teacher resources and curriculum. Comparable as a national mathematics olympiad organizer with deep content library and teacher network, though US-focused.

Direct peers

• Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática (OBM): Brazil's premier open mathematics olympiad run alongside OBMEP, covering similar grade bands but without the public-school focus. Operated by the same community (IMPA-connected) and feeds medalists into PICME — directly comparable in mission, content, and target audience.
• Olimpíada Iberoamericana de Matemática: Regional Latin American/Iberian mathematics olympiad that draws medalists from OBMEP and equivalent national programs. Comparable as a higher-tier math competition that OBMEP medalists feed into.
• MATHCOUNTS: US national middle-school mathematics competition with a parallel pipeline model (competition → training → national recognition). Comparable as a national K-12 math olympiad with structured pathways, though smaller in scale and country-specific.
• Olimpíada Mirim (OBMEP affiliate): OBMEP's own younger-student math competition program. Comparable as a directly affiliated extension of the same organization targeting a younger grade band within Brazil.

Regional players

• Olimpíada de Matemática de Portugal: Portugal's national mathematics olympiad run by the Portuguese Mathematical Society. Comparable as a national K-12 math olympiad feeding into international olympiads, but serves a different national market.

Emerging players

• Brilliant: Interactive STEM learning platform with problem-solving focus that overlaps with OBMEP's enrichment and Olympiad-prep ethos. Comparable as a problem-based STEM learning experience for motivated students.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OBMEP_Oficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/OBMEPOficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/obmep
• Instagraminstagram.com/obmep_oficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/col%C3%A9gio-estadual-jos%C3%A9-rufino

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Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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