Secretaría de Salud Distrital de Buenaventura

What Secretaría de Salud Distrital de Buenaventura does

The Secretaría de Educación de Buenaventura is a district-level government education authority operating under the Alcaldía Distrital de Buenaventura in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. It is the certified territorial education secretariat with exclusive mandate to manage 20 official (public) educational institutions across urban and rural areas, plus inspection and surveillance authority over private schools. The entity is funded through municipal budget allocations and national education transfers (Sistema General de Participaciones) and is not commercially revenue-generating.

Its core operational portfolio spans administrative systems (SIMAT for student enrollment, SAC for citizen service, SAC 2 for document filing, Humano en Línea for HR/payroll), quality management (an ICONTEC-certified SGC system), and educational programs including the Aula Global basic competencies initiative (reaching 1,000 students), the PAE school feeding program delivering 17,739 weekly rations, the Marea Púrpura gender equity leadership program, and curriculum diversification through the FEM Fund. The entity coordinates with the Ministry of Education for funding and policy oversight, while partnering with Fundación Carvajal, Civix Colombia, Universidad del Quindío, Universidad de La Salle, and the Norwegian Refugee Council for program delivery.

The technology stack is entirely composed of standard government-hosted administrative platforms with no proprietary technology, AI capabilities, or public-facing APIs. Infrastructure investments are co-financed through the national FFIE mechanism, though disbursement delays have been publicly criticized. The entity's "customers" are the students, families, and teaching staff of official educational institutions, including conflict-affected and Afro-descendant communities served under Law 70 ethnoeducation policy.

Name

Secretaría de Salud Distrital de Buenaventura

Legal name

Secretaría de Educación de Buenaventura

Website

https://sembuenaventura.gov.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Secretaría de Educación de Buenaventura is a district-level government education authority in Colombia's Valle del Cauca that manages 20 official schools, delivers school feeding, academic remediation, and gender equity programs, and partners with national universities and NGOs to serve its public school population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Administration

NAICS

Administration of Education Programs (923110), Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices (EDADABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Institutional Planning, Performance Management & Accreditation Liaison (EDADAKAM)

Keywords

• Public education services
• School administration
• Student enrollment systems
• School feeding programs
• Education policy implementation

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenaventura

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The entity is the territorial education authority for the District of Buenaventura, Colombia. It directly manages 20 official (public) educational institutions serving students from primary through secondary levels, delivers the school feeding program (PAE), implements basic-competency support (Aula Global) and gender-equity leadership (Marea Púrpura) programs, conducts inspection and surveillance of private schools, and channels national education policies and transfers (Sistema General de Participaciones) to local institutions.

Product overview

Secretaría de Educación de Buenaventura operates as a government education authority offering a portfolio of administrative digital systems, educational support programs, and compliance services. The core infrastructure consists of citizen service portals (SAC, SAC 2 Radicación), student registration (SIMAT), and human resources management (Humano en Línea). Educational programs include Aula Global for basic skills development, Marea Púrpura for gender equity leadership, the school meal program PAE, and the Fondo FEM for educational funding. Quality management is maintained through an ICONTEC-certified SGC system. The organization partners with external institutions such as Universidad del Quindío for higher education access and participates in national programs like Computadores Para Educar.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SIMAT (Sistema de Matrícula) Government system for student enrollment management in official and private schools of the district.
• SAC (Servicio de Atención al Ciudadano) Citizen service portal for handling inquiries, complaints, and requests from the community, supporting transparency in education services.
• Ruta de Permanencia - Aula Global Academic support program providing pedagogical reinforcement in mathematics and language for 2nd-5th grade students across 20 official educational institutions, including 1,000 students per cohort, delivered through video tutorials, animations, synchronous sessions, and teacher training.
• Marea Púrpura Gender equity leadership program for girls and young women aged 14-18 providing 40 hours of training on gender stereotypes, collective leadership, non-violent communication, civic education, and digital literacy.
• PAE (Programa de Alimentación Escolar) School meal program providing weekly food rations to students enrolled in official educational institutions in the district, delivering approximately 17,739 rations weekly.
• Convenio Universidad del Quindío Articulation agreement enabling 100 students from official schools to pursue higher education at Universidad del Quindío in Civil Works Technology, Occupational Health, and Financial Management.
• Computadores Para Educar (CPE) National government program under which computer equipment is donated and supplied to educational institutions in the district to strengthen educational technology access.
• Fondo FEM (Fondo de Fomento a la Educación Media) National education media development fund supporting curriculum diversification, technical agricultural education, single school day programs, and pedagogical strengthening in rural areas of the district.
• Inspección y Vigilancia Inspection and surveillance service monitoring private schools in the district and overseeing compliance of educational institutions with national and local regulations.
• SGC SedBuenaventura (Sistema de Gestión de la Calidad) Quality management system for educational service delivery, with ICONTEC-certified processes and procedures governing administrative and pedagogical operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,338 students presented Pruebas Saber 11 standardized tests
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Civix ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Civix Colombia leads the 'Marea Púrpura: Transformando Liderazgos para promover la equidad de género' program. 38 young women from 15 schools graduated in 2022 after 40 hours of training on gender stereotypes, collective leadership, and civic education.
• Consejo Noruego para Refugiados (Norwegian Refugee Council)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Contract with Ministry of Education to provide technical assistance for educational strategies in rural areas, supporting access, welcome, well-being and permanence of vulnerable children and adolescents affected by internal conflict.
• Universidad de La SalleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Ally in the National Curriculum Diversification Strategy through FEM (Fondo de Fomento a la Educación Media). Partnership aims to promote complete educational trajectories in urban and rural areas.
• Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Providing accompaniment for the implementation of Training School Dynamics actions, as part of the district's focalization for curriculum diversification strategy during second semester 2022 and first semester 2023.
• Ministerio de Educación Nacional (Ministry of Education)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022National education authority that provides funding, technical guidelines, and programs including FEM (Fondo de Fomento a la Educación Media), school feeding program (PAE), and curriculum diversification strategies. Co-finances infrastructure projects through FFIE.
• Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior (ICFES)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Visited Buenaventura to recognize Ineterpo and Normal Juan Ladrilleros as pilot schools for the Evaluar para Avanzar program. Seeking to use their methodologies as national reference.
• Fundación CarvajalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Partnership for the Ruta de Permanencia - Aula Global Competencias Básicas program. Fundación Carvajal, along with allies Celsia, Cenit, and Propacífico, provides academic support to 1,000 students in language and mathematics across 20 educational institutions. The Secretary coordinates implementation activities.
• Universidad del QuindíocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Agreement enabling 100 students from official schools to study at Universidad del Quindío in Technologies in Civil Works, Occupational Health, and Financial Management. Second process allows 160 students from Pablo Emilio Carvajal and Diocesano Jesús Adolescente to articulate with university programs.
• Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2022Bank personnel worked with displaced children at Alfredo Vásquez Cobo school on reading attention, savings workshops, and provided piggy banks to encourage savings practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Secretaría de Educación de Barranquilla: Municipal education authority for Barranquilla with a comparable mandate over official institutions and a similar portfolio including school feeding, infrastructure programs, and university articulation. Useful peer for benchmarking district-level execution in a Caribbean port context.
• Secretaría de Educación de Medellín: Municipal education authority for Medellín, operating with the same structural role, mandate, and national-policy framework as Buenaventura. Both manage official institutions, deliver PAE, and partner with universities and NGOs, making direct performance and operational comparisons feasible.
• Secretaría de Educación de Cali: Municipal education authority for Santiago de Cali, the capital of Valle del Cauca. Operates under the same regional and national policy environment as Buenaventura and shares comparable challenges with urban-rural disparities and access to higher education articulation.
• Secretaría de Educación de Cartagena de Indias: District education authority for Cartagena operating under the same Colombian framework as Buenaventura. Both serve port districts with Afro-descendant populations and similar socioeconomic pressures, making program outcomes directly comparable.
• Secretaría de Educación de Pereira: Municipal education authority for Pereira with similar scope, including management of official institutions and PAE. Useful peer for comparing mid-sized Colombian education secretariats on operational efficiency and program reach.

Broad incumbents

• Secretaría de Educación Distrital de Bogotá: The largest district education secretariat in Colombia, serving as a national benchmark. Operates under the same legal framework but with materially larger scale, budget, and program portfolio, making it the upper-bound reference for what a Colombian municipal education authority can deliver.

Others

• Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia:

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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