A implementação do sistema de informações da educação de Pernambuco e sua aplicação para a melhoria da gestão escolar

Abstract

The present study researched the contribution of Pernambuco’s Education Information System (Sistema de Informações da Educação de Pernambuco – SIEPE, in Portuguese), as an education management tool for the improvement of data appropriation as well as the effectiveness of its applicability. The theoretic foundation was based on official documents, such as decree-laws and studies of authors such as Condé (2001), Souza (2011), Stair (1998), Alonso e Almeida (2004) and Silva e Claro (2007) about public policy management, the use of communication and information technology in the management of educational systems and school management. Due to the interest on understanding how SIEPE works, the “Case Study” method was chosen, and the instruments for data collection used were semi-structured interviews and structured questionnaires, both inserted in quantitative and qualitative approaches. The research was organized into two complementary phases. On phase one, the semi-structured interview was done with four school principals strategically selected amongst two schools located in the city of Limoeiro (PE), and one school in the municipality of Surubim (PE) and one school in the city of João Alfredo. On phase two, the questionnaires were used on principals and the management team, teachers, administration staff, students and parents, all from schools that are part of the Vale do Capibaribe Regional Management. For the data analysis there were four categories considered at first: (a) system perception, (b) implementation impact, (c) factors that hinder the use of SIEPE (d) benefits observed. The results revealed that although SIEPE’s users understand the contribution for the school work, variables such as the users’ unskillfulness to use the system and the precariousness of the internet access both interfere directly in its effectiveness. As SIEPE’s main contributions for the school management were aspects such as the information storage pertaining school life and the use of this data for planning pedagogical and administrative actions. Based on the research results, an Educational Action Plan (Plano de Ação Educacional, PAE, in Portuguese) was proposed, aiming at the implementation of actions that will improve the execution of SIEPE, such as increasing internet access and capacity.