📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Secretariat of Basic Education (SEB), launched a set of class plans aimed at the pedagogical approach of conscious and balanced use of cell phones in schools. The material is structured to support educators in approaching the theme in the classroom in an actively and contextual manner. The initiative is part of a broader set of actions developed by the Ministry to support the implementation of Law No. 15,100/2025, which regulates the use of personal portable electronic devices in public and private establishments for basic education education. The set of plans and all other materials provided by MEC are available for free on the MEC Platform of Digital Educational Resources (MECRE). In it, collections were created for and from the uses of the devices.
The plans include the three stages of basic education and address topics such as: the balanced use of cell phones and digital self -regulation; digital culture and well-being; social relations and communication in the school environment; Digital security and cyberbullying prevention; and development of socio -emotional skills in technology -mediated contexts. Each plan proposes learning objectives, practical activities, mediation strategies and suggestions for complementary resources.
Since the publication of Law No. 15,100/2025, the MEC has been active on several fronts to support its execution in a oriented, dialogued and pedagogical manner. In addition to a series of webinaries, three specific guides were made to the main actors of the educational process and a support script for schools in organizing meetings with families, described below:
Guide to Schools: Practical Guidelines on how to organize the pedagogical use of technologies and implement legislation in school daily life;
Guide for Education Secretariats: strategies to support local regulation and support school units;
Guide to families: reflections and suggestions for the balanced use of screens in the home environment and the active participation of those responsible; and
Roadmap for schools: support for meeting with families and guardians.
The materials address the negative impacts of excessive use of screens, such as distraction, anxiety and social isolation; The importance of responsible technology for the social and emotional development of students, as well as ways to integrate devices into the schools pedagogical process with intentionality. Together, these actions consolidate MECs commitment to more responsible, inclusive and healthy use of the devices.
Law No. 15,100/2025 and actions linked to its implementation are part of, which promotes digital education as a pillar for the transformation of public schools, ensuring access and safe pedagogical use of technology. ENEC articulates public policies to universalize quality connectivity and ensure the intentional use of technologies and is structured on six interconnected axes. In addition to the basic importance of the availability of proper connectivity and infrastructure, in the pedagogical dimension, the strategy seeks to strengthen the use of technology consciously and safely from the development of digital and media education in schools, with various actions, such as:
Launch of one, with diagnostic tool (56 thousand answers in 2024);
Technical Advisory to State and Municipal Networks for the Curriculum Implementation of the Common Curriculum National Base (BNCC) Computing and Digital and Media Education in Schools; Cycle of seminars and workshops, promoting digital education;
Creation of a thousand maker laboratories, with an investment of R 100 million, to stimulate digital literacy and active learning; and
Notice for new courses in the virtual learning environment of MEC (Avamec), approving 61 courses and benefiting over 100,000 teachers.
