Since 2010, the ICT in Education survey aims to map the access, use, and development of skills related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in public and private schools (since 2011), in urban and rural areas (since 2017), as well as their appropriation in educational processes. In even years, interviews are conducted with primary and secondary education students; teachers who teach these levels of education; directors of studies and school managers. In odd years, only school managers participate in the study. The results of previous editions of the ICT in Education survey can be found at: https://cetic.br/pesquisa/educacao/

In even years, face-to-face interviews are conducted with students, teachers, directors of studies, and school administrators through structured questionnaires containing questions about technology access infrastructure, its daily use in the school and school community, and initiatives for critical and responsible use carried out by educational institutions and included in the curriculum. In odd years, the survey is conducted by phone with school administrators and covers the same study topics.

The questionnaires are applied by researchers from Ipsos-Ipec, which is the research institute responsible for collecting information in the schools.

In even years, when interviews are conducted in person, the visit of interviewers to schools can be scheduled in advance. The Ipsos-Ipec team contacts educational institutions to verify the best day and time for the interviews.

Important: All researchers visiting schools to conduct interviews are properly identified with badges. In case of any doubts, please contact through one of the communication channels listed at the end of this page.

In even years, when interviews are conducted in person, the first contact with the schools is made by phone to present the survey, check the availability for conducting the interviews, and confirm the data. During this contact, a date is scheduled for a visit by an interviewer to the school or for a new phone contact to conduct the interviews.

The interviewer will ask some questions to the interviewee and record their answers on a specially programmed tablet.

In odd years, during the interviews conducted by phone, the interviewer will ask the questions and record them in a computer system programmed for this function.

In both cases, the interviews are confidential and the data is anonymized to minimize the risks of identifying the respondents.

Data collection is generally conducted in the second half of each year, from August to December, but depending on the availability of schools, it may be necessary to extend the interviews to the first half of the following year.

The survey is conducted throughout the national territory and considers public schools (municipal, state, and federal) and private schools in urban and rural areas of Brazil. Schools with regular primary and secondary school classes registered in the School Census, conducted by the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), are selected at random.

In even years, when the survey is conducted in person, a random draw of classes is also conducted in each selected school to define the teachers, students, and directors of studies to be interviewed. Both draws are based on rigorous statistical methods.

To ensure that the study results reflect the reality of the country, it is very important for all the selected schools, teachers, students, directors of studies, and school managers to collaborate by responding to the survey.

The responses provided are grouped with the answers of thousands of people who also respond to the same questions. The information is consolidated and the respondent is not identified, meaning the results collected from all respondents are calculated together to represent a total value for the entire country. No data from schools or individuals is disclosed. See how the results are disclosed: https://cetic.br/pesquisa/educacao/.

Ipsos-Ipec, the company responsible for collecting the data, has procedures that comply with the international quality standard in Market and Opinion Research ISO 20.252, which mandates the confidentiality of all survey respondents' data.

The Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br) is a research center linked to the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), the executive arm of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), responsible for producing indicators and statistics on the availability and use of the Internet in Brazil. Cetic.br also publishes periodic analyses and information on the development of the network in the country. These studies are a reference for the formulation of public policies that ensure the population's access to technologies such as computers, Internet, and mobile phones.

To learn more about Cetic.br|NIC.br and its surveys,click here.

To view the results of the ICT in Education survey,click here.

For further information about the ICT in Education, you can contact Cetic.br|NIC.br or Ipsos-Ipec using the contacts below:

Cetic.br|NIC.br

Daniela Costa (Survey Coordinator): (11) 5509-3537 extension 4137, pesquisa@nic.br

Ipsos-Ipec

Guilherme Militão: guilherme.militao@ipsos.com
Alexandre Carvalho: alexandre.carvalho@ipsos.com
Denise Alcantara: denise.alcantara@ipsos.com
Lígia Rubega: ligia.rubega@ipsos.com