Challenge of Implanting Educational Management Systems in Brazilian Schools

Abstract

The development, implementation, and contracts involving interactive systems in Brazil have direct influence over educators and managers regarding and the digital technology potential. And these factors facilitate to choose, among many possible tools, the ones that have elements to better support learning in school environments. EMIS (Educational Management Integrated System) is a fundamental piece to consolidate quality education. Any ERP is usually capable of integrating diverse data in one system: finance, sales, accounting, stock, debts and income balance, human resources, production processes and logistic activities. However, education related systems surface factors related to classroom dynamics, to students and to teachers. These factors must be contemplated and evaluated as part of the whole context, part of a country with such cultural diversity and lack of resources, such as Brazil. This paper presents the unfolding of the project developed between IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) and FVG (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) to analyze EMIS systems in two public schools for basic education in Brazil.

Head of Management Consulting for Educational Business at Elfus. Education researcher focused digital platforms, product manager, project/products developer and Distance Education. Marketing Digital Expert to attract new customers and/or maintenance. Elfus founder. Master in NCE-UFRJ.