Rede Jesuíta de Educação

What Rede Jesuíta de Educação does

Rede Jesuíta de Educação Básica (RJE) is a nonprofit private educational network constituted in 2014 under the Companhia de Jesus (Jesuit Province of Brazil) to coordinate the basic education activities of 17 Jesuit schools operating across 9 Brazilian states (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Piauí, and Ceará). The network serves students from Early Childhood Education (Educação Infantil) through High School (Ensino Médio), with each unit operating as an independent private school that charges its own tuition directly to families. RJE's central function is pedagogical coordination rather than direct service delivery: it disseminates the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (Pedagogia Inaciana), publishes a Common Educational Project (PEC) and curricular guidelines, organizes network-wide events (II Congress in 2024, ONU Intercolegial, writing/art competitions), and runs an Integral Formation Encounter (EFI) for adolescent students.

The underlying technology stack is modest: instruction is delivered in person across physical campuses, and some member schools use a Moodle-based LMS (moodlerje.com.br) for course management. RJE monetizes indirectly through tuition collected by member schools; the coordinating entity itself operates as a nonprofit without publicly disclosed financials. Strategic partnerships anchor its capability stack, notably an exclusive 2016 agreement with Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos) for specialization and Professional Master's (MPGE) programs reserved for RJE educators, plus affiliations with FLACSI, Educate Magis, and PUC-Rio. RJE is led by Director Fernando Gudini, Executive Secretary Pedro Risaffi, and a team of pedagogical advisors, and its newest unit, Escola João Paulo II, was added to extend network reach.

Name

Rede Jesuíta de Educação

Legal name

Rede Jesuíta de Educação Básica

Website

https://redejesuitadeeducacao.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rede Jesuíta de Educação Básica is a nonprofit network of 17 Jesuit basic education schools across 9 Brazilian states, serving Early Childhood through High School students with Ignatian Pedagogy under the Jesuit Province of Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter Montessori/Waldorf/Classical/Expeditionary (Pedagogical Models) (EDAJACAL)

Keywords

• Basic education services
• Jesuit education
• K-12 schooling
• Catholic education
• Values-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and School Fees: Each of the 17 educational units charges tuition and school fees to families of enrolled students. The schools are private institutions operated by the Jesuit Company of Jesus in Brazil.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Rede Jesuíta de Educação Básica (RJE) operates a network of 17 private Jesuit basic education schools across Brazil, delivering in-person education from Early Childhood Education (Educação Infantil) through High School (Ensino Médio). The network coordinates shared Ignatian Pedagogy, curricular guidelines (PEC), educator training, and student programs across all member units, which operate as physical campuses directly enrolling students and families.

Product overview

Rede Jesuíta de Educação Básica (RJE) is a network of 17 Jesuit basic education schools in Brazil, established in 2014. The network operates as a unified educational system unified by Ignatian pedagogy (Pedagogia Inaciana), offering integral formation programs including the Encontro de Formação Integral (EFI) for students, the Programa de Formação Continuada for educators, and the ONU Intercolegial for global citizenship education. RJE also organizes the annual Concurso de Redação e Arte competition and holds congresses like the II Congresso da RJE. The network publishes pedagogical guidelines and educational materials through its publications program, and has recently expanded with the new Escola João Paulo II unit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jesuit Basic Education Network (Rede Jesuíta de Educação Básica) A network of 17 private Jesuit basic education schools in Brazil delivering in-person education from Early Childhood Education (Educação Infantil) through High School (Ensino Médio) using Ignatian Pedagogy, serving students and families directly across 9 Brazilian states.
• Programa de Formação Continuada (Continuing Education Program) A continuing professional development program for educators of RJE schools, offering a Specialization in Jesuit Education: integral learning, subjects, and contemporaneity, and a Professional Master's in School Management (MPGE), delivered in exclusive partnership with Unisinos university.
• Encontro de Formação Integral (EFI) An integral formation program for RJE students aged 14-17 that strengthens affective, spiritual, ethical, communicative, and sociopolitical dimensions through experiences of God illuminated by the Ignatian way of proceeding.
• ONU Intercolegial (Model United Nations Program) A model United Nations program where RJE students assume roles of secretaries-general, directors, delegates, and journalists in UN committees, defending positions of represented countries on current global topics. The III edition in 2024 at Colégio Antônio Vieira gathered 210 participants from 14 educational units across 12 cities in 9 Brazilian states.
• Concurso de Redação e Arte da RJE (Writing and Art Competition) An annual writing and art competition for RJE students from 7th to 9th grade, selecting the best works to be published in a collection by Edições Loyola.
• Publicações RJE (Educational Publications) Educational publications produced by the network including the Projeto Educativo Comum (PEC), pedagogical innovation documents (in Portuguese, Spanish, and English), Curricular Guidelines, communication manuals, and compilations of student works from competitions.
• II Congresso da RJE | VII Congresso Inaciano de Educação Network-wide congress held in 2024 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of RJE, gathering educators, families, and students from all 17 educational units to discuss pedagogical innovation in Jesuit education.

Quantifiable outcome

• II Congress brought together nearly 450 educators, families, and students from 17 educational units
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and supporting.

• Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016In 2016, Unisinos and the RJE schools signed an agreement creating the Specialization in Jesuit Education: integral learning, subjects, and contemporaneity, and the Professional Master's in School Management (MPGE) – exclusive programs for RJE educators. Unisinos also serves as the venue for the II Congress in 2024.
• Federação Latinoamericana dos Colégios da Companhia de Jesus (FLACSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLACSI is the Latin American Federation of Jesuit Schools, of which RJE is a member. The partnership involves sharing best practices, participating in regional events like the Taller Arrupe program that inspired the EFI (Encontro de Formação Integral), and collaborative educational initiatives.
• Companhia de Jesus (Jesuítas Brasil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe RJE is the educational network of the Company of Jesus (Jesuits) in Brazil, operating under the direction of the Jesuit Province of Brazil. The relationship involves shared mission, governance, and apostolic work in education.
• UBS São Vicente de PaulaminorOthersPartnership for community health initiatives such as vaccination drives. Sanfra school partnered with UBS São Vicente de Paula in São Paulo to provide free vaccinations (Influenza, HPV, Yellow Fever, MMR) to students, families, and staff.
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPUC-Rio hosted the II Congress of RJE in August 2024. The university is also the location of the Jesuit-managed Colégio Santo Inácio, one of the RJE units.
• Educate MagissupportingTechnology or IntegrationInternational Jesuit educational platform used for sharing pedagogical resources, reflection documents, and connecting Jesuit educators globally. The RJE uses this platform for pre-Congress activities and educator collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rede La Salle Brasil: Brazilian Catholic K-12 school network operated by the De La Salle Brothers. Comparable along all dimensions: tuition-based private K-12, multi-state footprint, religious pedagogical framework, national coordination body, and similar target market of middle/upper-middle-class Catholic families.
• Rede Salesiana Brasil: Brazilian Catholic K-12 network operated by the Salesians of Don Bosco. Directly comparable as a private, tuition-based K-12 school network with distinct pedagogical identity, multi-state presence, and apostolic mission structure.
• Rede Marista Brasil: Brazilian Catholic K-12 school network operated by the Marist Brothers. Closest comparable: multi-state private K-12 network in Brazil with shared mission-driven identity, federated governance model, and similar institutional customer base.
• Sacred Heart Schools (Society of the Sacred Heart): Global network of Catholic K-12 schools operated by the Society of the Sacred Heart. Comparable as a multi-country Catholic K-12 network with shared formation mission, premium pricing, and similar affluent family target market.
• FLACSI (Federación Latinoamericana de Colegios de la Compañía de Jesús): Latin American federation of Jesuit schools, of which RJE is a member. Directly comparable as both operate K-12 Jesuit school networks across multiple countries with shared Ignatian pedagogy, teacher formation programs, and coordinated congresses.
• Jesuit Schools Network (USA): US-based network of 85+ Jesuit K-12 schools. Comparable as a Jesuit K-12 school network with shared Ignatian pedagogical framework, member-school governance, and access to Educate Magis resources. Differs in geography but structurally similar.
• Colégio São Bento (Rio de Janeiro / São Paulo): Premier Benedictine Catholic K-12 school in Brazil with heritage comparable to RJE flagships like Colégio Anchieta and Colégio São Luís. Competes directly for the same upper-income Catholic-family segment in major metros.

Broad incumbents

• Ânima Educação: Large Brazilian publicly traded education company operating K-12 and higher education schools (e.g., São Judas, Una). Broad incumbent providing K-12 private education at scale in Brazil, differing from RJE in profit motive and secular positioning.

Emerging players

• Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL): Global Jesuit educational initiative offering online and blended learning programs. Adjacent to RJE through the Educate Magis partnership; represents potential future growth direction for RJE's digital/online offerings.
• Maple Bear (Canadian Bilingual School): Brazilian-Canadian bilingual K-12 school network with growing presence in Brazilian private education. Comparable segment (premium private K-12 families) but differentiated by Canadian/English curriculum rather than religious formation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries18 records

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