The Data Collection Period for the First Stage of the 2026 Basic Education School Census Ends This Friday (31).

The data collection period for the first stage of the 2026 Basic Education School Census ends this Friday (31). At this stage, schools must report data on enrollment, classes, school professionals and infrastructure of teaching units, through the Educacenso System, via the internet. PND 2026: results of specialized care resources announced.

The biggest scientific event in Latin America starts this Sunday. Throughout the national territory, the responsibility for declaring information – including the typing and export processes – lies with school directors or those responsible for schools. Coordinated by the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), the School Census is a statistical survey of Brazilian basic education, carried out in collaboration with the state, district and municipal departments of Education, with the participation of public and private schools.

The research covers the different stages and modalities of basic education and professional education, including early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, youth and adult education (EJA) and professional education. Schedule According to MEC Ordinance No. 217/2026, which defines the schedule of activities for the 2026 Basic Education School Census, municipal, state and Federal District managers will be responsible for exporting preliminary data to the Ministry of Education for publication in the Official Gazette of the Union. After this publication, the EducaCenso System will be reopened for 30 days to educational managers for checking, ratification and possible correction of the declared information.

The schedule also provides for specific periods for data verification by educational managers and confirmation of duplicate enrollments in the Educacenso module itself. The final approved data will be sent to the National Education Development Fund (FNDE), used in calculating the distribution coefficients of the Fund for Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and Valorization of Education Professionals (Fundeb), will be on December 11th. The publication of the final results of the first stage, statistical synopses and other Basic Education statistics will take place on February 1, 2027. Student On the same date, the second stage of the 2026 Basic Education School Census begins, which deals with the Student Situation. In this phase, the director/person responsible for the school must collect information on the performance and school movement of students declared in the first stage, including data on approval, failure, abandonment and transfer.