Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Amazonas - SEMED

Name

Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Amazonas - SEMED

Legal name

Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Amazonas - SEMED

Website

https://semed.manaus.am.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Municipal Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices (EDADABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local/Municipal Education Offices & Inspectorates (EDADAAAC)

Keywords

• Public education services
• Municipal education administration
• School feeding programs
• Early childhood education
• Teacher recruitment concursos

Headquarters

HQ city

Manaus

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Government Budget Allocation: Funded through municipal tax revenues and federal education transfers including Fundeb (Fundo de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica). Budget allocated annually through municipal planning and approved by city council.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Amazonas - SEMED is the municipal education secretariat of the Prefeitura de Manaus that delivers free public education services to Manaus residents through its network of Escolas (schools), CMEIs (Centros Municipal de Educação Infantil) and Creches (childcare facilities). It also administers school feeding programs (merenda escolar), student assessments (Simulado), special education, vocational training, teacher recruitment via concursos públicos, and public accountability services via the Ouvidoria and Portal da Transparência Qualidade de Ensino.

Product overview

Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Amazonas - SEMED is a municipal education department that operates as a unified platform providing educational services and systems to the city of Manaus. The organization offers a portfolio of internal web-based systems including SIM (Sistema Integrado de Manutenção) for maintenance management, Portal da Transparência Qualidade de Ensino for education quality monitoring, Sistemas WEB for various digital services, ProBen+ for public consultations on integral education programs, and an Ouvidoria (ombudsman) system for citizen feedback. These products function as interconnected digital services within the municipal education infrastructure rather than a commercial SaaS platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal Public Education Services (Escolas, CMEIs e Creches) Free public education (primary, secondary, early childhood and special education) delivered through the municipal school network, CMEIs (Centros Municipal de Educação Infantil) and Creches (childcare facilities) for children, youth and families residing in Manaus.
• School Feeding Program (Merenda Escolar) Nutritious school meals program serving students of the municipal school network, with R$ 20 million invested annually in family agriculture food purchases.
• Simulado - Municipal Education Assessment Program Simulation exams and student assessment programs applied across the municipal school network to evaluate learning outcomes, reaching 38,000+ students.
• Municipíadas Extracurricular Sports Program Annual extracurricular sports and citizenship event for municipal school students, with the 27th edition engaging 20,000 students.
• Public Concurso Recruitment for Education Professionals Civil service concursos públicos used to recruit and hire teachers, administrators and support staff for the municipal education system, including Plano de Carreira e Remuneração dos Professores Municipais.
• Ouvidoria - Citizen Ombudsman Service Ombudsman service that receives and processes citizen complaints, suggestions and feedback related to SEMED's educational services.
• Portal da Transparência Qualidade de Ensino Public-facing transparency portal providing access to education quality metrics, performance data and accountability information for the municipal school network.
• Portal do Servidor - Public Servant Self-Service Portal Self-service portal used by SEMED public servants to manage employment records, payroll and professional development activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• R$ 20 million in food purchases from family agriculture for school meals annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ministério da Educação (MEC)coreOthersFederal education ministry providing national education policy alignment, curriculum standards (Base Nacional Comum Curricular), and funding through national education programs.
• UNDIME (União Nacional dos Dirigentes Municipais de Educação)coreOthersNational union of municipal education directors providing advocacy, best practices sharing, and professional development for municipal education administrators.
• Prefeitura de ManauscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent municipal government entity providing administrative support, budget allocation, and cross-departmental coordination for education services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Porto Alegre: Porto Alegre's municipal education secretariat. Directly comparable to SEMED in operational model — municipal secretariat managing public K-12 schools under the same national LDB and Fundeb framework.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Recife: Recife's municipal education secretariat operating in the Northeast region of Brazil. Directly comparable to SEMED in mandate and operating model, serving a capital-city population with similar structural challenges.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Fortaleza: Fortaleza's municipal education secretariat. Comparable to SEMED as a municipal-level public education operator in a Brazilian state capital, with similar Fundeb-dependent funding structure and K-12 service mandate.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Belo Horizonte: Municipal education secretariat of Belo Horizonte, another major Brazilian capital. Directly comparable to SEMED in mandate, funding structure (Fundeb + municipal budget), and role managing K-12 public schools.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Salvador: Salvador's municipal education secretariat. Direct peer to SEMED — municipality-level K-12 public education authority under the same Brazilian constitutional framework, serving a major state capital.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Curitiba: Curitiba's municipal education secretariat. Comparable to SEMED in operating a public school network under the same national framework; notably recognized for innovation in municipal education management and digital systems.

Broad incumbents

• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São Paulo (SME-SP): Largest municipal education secretariat in Brazil, serving ~1 million students in São Paulo. Directly comparable to SEMED as a municipal education authority operating under the same Brazilian constitutional and Fundeb framework, with much greater scale.
• Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Amazonas (SEDUC-AM): State-level education secretariat in the same Amazonas state as SEMED. Complementary jurisdiction (state vs. municipal) but operates the same public education delivery model with shared students and overlapping geographic coverage.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Rio de Janeiro (SME-Rio): Rio de Janeiro's municipal education secretariat managing a large public school network. Operates the same model as SEMED — municipal government secretariat delivering K-12 public education with Fundeb funding — making it a strong direct comparator.

Others

• UNDIME (União Nacional dos Dirigentes Municipais de Educação): National association for municipal education directors in Brazil. SEMED is a member/partner; UNDIME provides advocacy, best-practice sharing, and professional development to municipal education secretariats like SEMED — an ecosystem/advisory peer rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/top
• Instagraminstagram.com/semedmanaus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secretaria-municipal-de-educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-semed

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