What SEED - Ministry of Education of Amapa does

SEED – Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Amapá is the executive-branch state education department of Amapá, Brazil, responsible for public basic, professional, and youth/adult education across all 16 municipalities of the state. It directly serves roughly 120,000 enrolled students through a network that includes general state schools, eight full-time "Escolas do Novo Saber" integral schools (with planned expansion into nine additional municipalities), three shared-management schools operated jointly with the Military Police and Fire Department, and specialized centers such as the Walkíria Lima Music Conservatory (founded 1952).

The department's core technology platform is SigEduc (Sistema Integrado de Gestão da Educação), a web portal and mobile application (SigEduc Estudante/Familiar, launched August 2019) developed and hosted with PRODAP. SigEduc manages enrollment, grades, attendance, curricular records, school meals, electronic school declarations, and ombudsman functions, with the teacher mobile app functioning offline and syncing when connectivity is available. Supplementary systems include SIGCONTAS (real-time school cash accounting, launched 2019) and integrations with Setap for student half-fare transport validation, MEC for ENEM administration, and FNDE for federal program reporting.

SEED's revenue model is non-commercial: services are free at point of use, funded through federal FUNDEB transfers, state treasury allocations (including the PROEM maintenance program), and earmarked federal programs for nutrition and transportation. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Operational scale includes 2,700 newly named servers in 2020 contributing to a state-government workforce of roughly 24,000 across institutions, supported by named budget items such as R$6.2 million for the Kit Merenda em Casa food basket program serving 120,000 students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Programmatic partnerships include PAAP (literacy, with Governo do Ceará since 2017), ICE (Novo Saber pedagogy), STEM Brasil (teacher training), SENAI/AP (petroleum and gas technical courses), and multiple federal and state universities.

Name

SEED - Ministry of Education of Amapa

Legal name

Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Amapá

Website

https://seed.ap.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SEED – Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Amapá is the state of Amapá's executive education department, managing free public basic, professional, and youth education for approximately 120,000 students across 16 municipalities through a centralized school network and the SigEduc digital management platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Macapá

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. FUNDEB Transfers: Federal fund transfers for basic education maintenance and development, managed through CACS-FUNDEB council with public consultation and SIOPE reporting.
2. State Treasury Resources: State government budget allocation for education, including PROEM (Escola Melhor Program) for school maintenance, equipment, and food.
3. Food Acquisition: R$6.2 million invested in food basket acquisition for school meal program serving 120,000 students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SEED is the State Department of Education of Amapá, Brazil, responsible for administering public basic education (early childhood through high school), professional/technical education, and youth/adult education across 16 municipalities. Its core offering combines free in-person schooling at state schools with the SigEduc integrated digital management platform (web portal and mobile apps) that serves 106,000 students and families with grades, attendance, enrollment, and communication features.

Product overview

SEED - Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Amapá operates as a state education ministry with a comprehensive portfolio of education management systems and specialized programs. The core platform is SigEduc (Sistema Integrado de Gestão da Educação), a web-based portal managing enrollment, grades, attendance, and school operations for the state network. Supporting programs include Central do ENEM for exam preparation, Escolas do Novo Saber for full-time education, PAAP for literacy, Colabora Amapá for municipal collaboration, E-PAZ for school peace initiatives, MEDIOTEC for media education, SIGCONTAS for financial management, and Escolas de Gestão Compartilhada for shared military-civilian school administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Programa de Aprendizagem do Amapá (Paap): Literacy program launched in 2017 in partnership with Ceará government to achieve 100% literacy rates
• Colabora Amapá Educação
• Central do ENEM - Todos a Caminho do Sucesso
• Escolas do Novo Saber
• SigEduc
• E-PAZ
• Escolas de Gestão Compartilhada
• FECEAP
• MEDIOTEC
• SigContas

Products and services

• SigEduc (Sistema Integrado de Gestão da Educação) Web-based integrated education management system serving as the communication portal between the state education network and society. Manages curricular information, electronic class records, enrollment central, student management, school transportation, school meals, and education ombudsman functions for 106,000 students (90% of state network).
• Central do ENEM 'Todos a Caminho do Sucesso' ENEM preparation program offering free face-to-face classes, itinerant Saturday classes, and intensive review sessions (aulão show) for public school seniors to improve exam performance and access to higher education.
• Escolas do Novo Saber Full-time public high school program offering 9.5 hours daily with free meals, elective courses each semester, life project development, STEM Brasil training for teachers, and experimental lab classes.
• Programa de Aprendizagem do Amapá (PAAP) Literacy program launched in 2017 in partnership with the Government of Ceará, providing technical-pedagogical cooperation to municipalities for implementing literacy didactic proposals targeting 100% literacy for students in grades 1-5.
• Colabora Amapá Educação Public policy strengthening program between the state and 16 municipalities focusing on administrative and learning axes to improve educational indices through collaborative planning, monitoring, and goal-setting.
• E-PAZ (Programa Educação para a Paz) School peace promotion program with 24 restorative practice nuclei, 7,500 monthly students in restorative circles, 800 monthly student consultations, and 350 monthly parent consultations. Monitored via the Educapaz online system.
• MEDIOTEC Media and technology education program integrated into the state education network, providing digital literacy and technical training components.
• SIGCONTAS

Quantifiable outcome

• 120,000 students served with food kits during COVID-19 pandemic
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SENAI/AP (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for technical professional education, specifically for petroleum and gas technical courses at Centro de Formação Profissional em Macapá. Joint public call for enrollment in technical courses.
• Polícia Militar do Amapá (PM/AP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared management of 3 schools (Antônio Messias, Afonso Arinos) with military pedagogical approach. Schools serve 3,000+ students with ethics and citizenship actions. Expansion planned to 4 more schools.
• Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Amapá (CBM/AP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared management of Risalva Freitas do Amaral school with military pedagogical approach in Santana. Part of innovative shared management model pilot since 2017.
• ICE (Instituto de Corresponsabilidade pela Educação)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for implementation of full-time Novo Saber schools. ICE provides pedagogical consulting and management support for 8 schools in Macapá and Santana serving students with elective subjects and life projects.
• STEM BrasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeacher training program for Novo Saber schools, providing practical science education methodology using project-based experimental practices. Training for 50 teachers in math, biology, physics, and chemistry.
• Governo do CearácoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical-pedagogical cooperation for Programa de Aprendizagem do Amapá (PAAP), launched in 2017 with goal to make Amapá the most literate state in Brazil through innovative literacy actions.
• Setap (Sindicato das Empresas de Transportes de Passageiros do Amapá)minorOthersCoordination for student half-fare transportation (meia-passagem) program. Students use electronic school declaration from SigEduc for card renewal.
• Ministério da Educação (MEC)coreOthersFederal ministry overseeing national education policy, ENEM examinations, INEP census, and FUNDEB fund transfers to states.
• FNDE (Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação)coreOthersManages PNATE and other federal programs for school transportation, nutrition, and textbooks. SIOPE system for state accountability reporting.
• Consed (Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Educação)minorOthersNational council connecting state education secretaries for policy coordination and best practice sharing.
• Unifap (Universidade Federal do Amapá)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for PNEM (Pacto Nacional pelo Fortalecimento do Ensino Médio) teacher training. 1,903 participants in 2014 including coordinators and study guides.
• Ueap (Universidade do Estado do Amapá)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState university partnership for teacher training programs and Walkíria Lima music education center coordination.
• Ifap (Instituto Federal do Amapá)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal institute partnership for professional education and support for FECEAP science fair.
• FECEAP Supporting InstitutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience fair supported by Setec, Fapeap, Sebrae, Iepa, Embrapa, Ueap, Unifap, and Ifap for student research projects.
• PRODAP (Centro de Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology center responsible for developing and hosting SigEduc system, mobile applications, and state government web infrastructure.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Pará (SEDUC-PA): Neighboring northern Brazilian state education department with similar Amazonian geography, indigenous and quilombola student populations, and a comparable portfolio of state schools, professional education, and digital management platforms.
• Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Amazonas (SEDUC-AM): Another Amazonian state education secretariat operating schools across dispersed riverine and remote municipalities. Comparable scale and operational challenges to SEED-AP, particularly around teacher recruitment and student transport.
• Secretaria da Educação do Estado do Ceará (SEDUC-CE): Ceará state education department and direct peer — same jurisdictional role, and the explicit strategic partner for SEED's PAAP literacy program since 2017. Comparable in operating state-wide basic, professional, and youth/adult education.

Others

• FNDE - Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação: Federal fund manager for PNATE, school meals, and textbook programs feeding into SEED-AP's budget and operations. Comparable in administrative scope and a key partner for state-level education financing.
• INEP - Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais: National education research and statistics body running the Censo Escolar and IDEB assessments that SEED-AP feeds and is benchmarked against. Closely comparable activity in education data and assessment administration.
• Ministério da Educação (MEC): Federal education authority overseeing national policy, ENEM, INEP, and FUNDEB transfers. Direct counterparty of SEED-AP for funding and policy, not a competitor but a structurally critical peer for understanding the regulatory and funding framework.
• Consed - Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Educação: National council that convenes state education secretaries — including SEED-AP — for policy coordination and best-practice sharing. A peer in governance and policy coordination, not in direct service delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Secretaria de Educação do Estado de São Paulo (SEDUC-SP): Brazil's largest state education system with advanced digital platforms (SEMED, SED), full-time school programs (PEI), and centralized enrollment. A broad incumbent peer that sets the reference standard for state-level EdTech adoption.
• Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal (SEE-DF): Federal district education authority running a unified state-wide system. Operates comparable programs in full-time secondary education, ENEM preparation, and integrated management platforms — useful peer for evaluating SigEduc-type systems.
• Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Minas Gerais (SEE-MG): Much larger Brazilian state education department operating one of the country's most extensive school networks. A relevant benchmark for digital governance, accountability systems (SigContas analogue), and professional education scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/governoamapa
• Instagraminstagram.com/governoamapa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seed---ministry-of-education-of-amapa

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

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