the official website of the Ministério da Educação - MEC can be accessed via this link.

in rio de janeiro, the Secretaria Municipal de Educação - SME, or the Municipal Secretary of Education has as its mission the elaboration of educational policy of the city, as well as the coordination of its implementation and the evaluation of the results.

The objective of this department is to ensure excellence in the public education system, both in early education, from six months to five years, and primary schooling, from first through ninth grade, as well as the continuing education of youth and adults.

the SME has one of the largest public education system in South America, attending to approximately 660,000 students in over a thousand schools, almost 250 daycare centers, and with over 41,600 teachers in the classrooms - the Secretaria Municipal de Educação - SME maintains a website on this page.