Pará celebrates Student Day with historic advances in the public education system
The commitment of the State Government to education amounts to investments that directly impact the lives of nearly 500,000 students in Pará.
On National Student Day, celebrated this Monday (11), the state education network of Pará celebrates the historic advances achieved. These are programs, projects, and actions from the Government of Pará that promote a true transformation in infrastructure and the quality of education, with investments that directly impact the lives of nearly 500,000 enrolled students.
Students in the state public network have concrete reasons to celebrate: since the beginning of the current administration, 171 schools have been completely rebuilt and delivered, spread across all regions of the State. The new structures ensure safer, modern environments adapted to pedagogical needs, in addition to fostering a more inclusive and efficient education.
“Today is a very special day; we are celebrating Student Day, and in fact, Student Day is every day, but it is important to recognize the effort of the Government, the Department of Education, in providing the necessary support so that all our students in the state network can truly be enthusiastic and feel encouraged to progress in their studies. Among so many programs and investments, it is worth highlighting the school reinforcement program, Qualifica Reforço Escolar, which will allow all schools to have support from Portuguese language and mathematics teachers so that we can contribute to improving learning and enable our students to continue dreaming and have the possibility to realize their dreams,” said the Deputy Secretary of Basic Education (Saeb) of Seduc, Júlio Meireles.
Delivered this year, the Brigadeiro Haroldo Coimbra Veloso State High School, in Jacareacanga, in the Tapajós Integration Region, now features modern, air-conditioned, and accessible environments to serve more than 400 students, like Giovanna Torres, a 3rd-year high school student, who reinforces the management's commitment to the quality of public education offered. "Even being from the countryside, the Government is meeting our needs. This motivates the students and encourages better performance,” she said.
Daycare Centers - Another important pillar of this advance and commitment from the Government of Pará is in early childhood education, through the Daycare Centers for All of Pará program, an unprecedented initiative aimed at expanding access for children aged 0 to 5 to education and, at the same time, providing support to around 30,000 families in situations of social vulnerability — especially mothers who need to return to the job market.
So far, 10 daycare centers have been built and delivered in the municipalities of Belém, Oriximiná, Ananindeua, Benevides, Redenção, Cumaru do Norte, Almeirim, Bannach, Melgaço, and Curuçá, benefiting around 2,000 children. Another 71 units of the program are currently under construction. In total, the program plans to build 150 daycare centers, with an investment exceeding R$ 400 million.
Each unit is equipped with classrooms, a nursery, a lactation room, a playroom, a multipurpose room, a covered recreational area, a library, and an auditorium, offering a complete structure for the integral development of children. In municipalities with higher population density, two units are planned to meet the growing demand.
Conecta Educação - In addition to physical infrastructure, the Government of Pará has also heavily invested in technology and innovation as tools for educational transformation. Programs aimed at digital education and technological inclusion are being implemented in the school units of the network, with training for students and teachers to face the challenges of the 21st century. For example, the “Conecta Educação” program has provided 36,000 Chromebooks with mobile carts for state schools, an investment exceeding R$ 64 million.
This initiative allows classrooms to transform into digital laboratories, and each school receives a kit with a cabinet and 36 notebooks. “The Chromebooks have come to add to our routine, and through them, we have access to various things that improve our study, our life as students. One of those things is that through it, we can watch classes on YouTube, explaining a bit of the subject; some students who do not have access to a cell phone or internet come to school and can do this. So it is something that has been benefiting us more and more,” said Beatriz Carneiro, a 3rd-year high school student at the Professora Albanízia de Oliveira Lima State High School, in the Souza neighborhood, in Belém.
In addition to “Conecta Educação,” in 2024, Seduc began distributing the "Kits Bora Estudar," which provided satellite internet antennas to the schools in the network. As a result, all 975 state schools in Pará now have internet, making Pará one of the few states to guarantee 100% connectivity in educational units.
Another important initiative for the state network was the delivery of the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Basic Education (Ciseb), delivered in 2024. With six immersion rooms, Ciseb features the following learning tracks: prototyping and digital manufacturing; maker culture; digital culture, virtual and augmented reality; robotics; creative computing; and artificial intelligence.
Today, the state network has three units of the Center: the first is located at the Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Full-Time State School in Belém, the second unit is at the new Mestra Idalina Rodrigues Pereira Bilingual Full-Time State School in Icoaraci, a district of Belém, delivered in April of this year; and the third is at the Augusto Meira Full-Time State School in the São Brás neighborhood, also fully rebuilt for the community this year in 2025.
School Meals - Another advance is the improvement of the school meal offer in educational units, which occurs from the selection of food to the delivery of products to schools. The State has increased the transfer of resources from the State School Feeding Plan (Peae) to municipalities by more than 416%. The transfer considers a per capita amount that was previously R$ 0.36 per student and has increased to R$ 1.50. This is the largest increase in the transfer in Pará's history, even surpassing the amount allocated by the National School Feeding Plan (PNAE), currently set at R$ 0.50 for elementary and high school education.
Since the second half of 2024, the State of Pará has further enhanced the school menu by including açaí in the meals. The students' menu is prepared by a team of specialists to meet nutritional needs. In addition to açaí and cupuaçu - typical fruits of the region - various fruit pulps, fish, meat, fruits, chocolate milk, milk, bread, vegetables, beans, rice, and pasta are some of the items that make up the menu. Another highlight is the training courses for cafeteria workers and other staff who handle food.
At the Antônio Teixeira Gueiros State School, in the Industrial District neighborhood, in Ananindeua, in the Metropolitan Region of Belém (RMB), students share great experiences with school meals. Nathaly Silva, a 3rd-year Full-Time High School student, says she is very satisfied with the quality of the food every day. “I really like the school meals. Being a Full-Time school, we have a morning snack, lunch, and an afternoon snack. I love it because they always serve us fruits, or fruit juice as well. And at lunchtime, I enjoy it because the dishes are always very well served, seasoned, there is always salad, and there is always fruit for dessert. I think it’s very good. I see that all the food is of quality, and I have never seen anyone complain,” she shared.
