SC and Florianópolis have positive results in the IDEB Florianópolis was the Brazilian capital with the highest growth in the Basic Education Development Index (Ideb) 2025, released this Wednesday (5) by the Ministry of Education (MEC). Santa Catarina also had positive results. Despite the growth in numbers, experts warn that it is necessary to improve student learning. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp High school Ideb is making little headway and is not reaching its target, even with a 'trick' from state networks to inflate the index. The indicators show that Santa Catarina registered progress at all stages. The biggest proportional improvement was in secondary education: Ideb from the state network of SC In the municipal network of Florianópolis, the evaluation also registered progress. The capital of Santa Catarina led the Ideb growth ranking among the country's capitals, both in the initial and final years of elementary school. Ideb of the municipal network of Florianópolis - initial years Ideb of the municipal network of Florianópolis - final years The Department of Education of Florianópolis attributed the numbers to the efforts of teachers and school directors and to practical measures applied in the education network throughout 2025. "Our entire 5th year became full-time. This is something significant that generated a big impact. Expansion of Portuguese language and mathematics classes, the structured material, the training of teachers looking at the material and for the new curriculum that was created", declared the Secretary of Education of Florianópolis, Thiago Peixoto. Empty classroom in Santa Catarina Roberto Zacarias/Secom/Disclosure Student learning is still a challenge The Ideb score combines school census pass rates with student performance in a test administered every two years. The objective is to measure the quality of learning of students in education systems across the country. "Over the last 20 years, we have had to work on three fronts: access, trajectory and proficiency. Ideb now, the national exams will focus on proficiency and the entire strategy of this federative coordination that the MEC does with states and municipalities, together with civil society, will have to be induced so that we can improve the learning of Brazilian students", declared the Minister of Education, Leonardo Barchini. Student learning is also a concern for independent organizations in the country, such as Todos pela Educação. "Today we have students completing the stages of basic education with very low levels of learning. Therefore, it will be essential that in the coming years, learning is placed at the center of educational policies", said the organization's Educational Policies manager, Manoela Miranda. "This will require a joint effort by federal, state and municipal governments, working with priority, with intentionality, in collaboration, to guarantee every Brazilian their right to learning", he added. ??In public secondary education, Brazil had an increase from 4.1 to 4.3. As a result, it reached the highest rate since 2005, but remained far from the target of 5.2, which should have been reached in 2021 and which has not yet been renewed. What makes up Ideb? The index crosses two pieces of information and presents results on a scale that goes from 1 to 10: approval rate/school flow: the percentage of students who did not repeat a year; Saeb notes: a Portuguese and mathematics test taken by students in the 2nd, 5th and 9th year of primary school and by students in the 3rd year of secondary school. Brazilian and international experts argue that failure, when it occurs indiscriminately, considerably increases the risk of adolescents dropping out of school. It is more effective, for example, to implement learning recovery systems, so that young people can progress without gaps in knowledge. In short, it is not enough to pass the student to the next year: it is necessary to ensure that they are learning.