Teachers syndicates mount protest camp outside education ministry in Lisbon
Teaching union FENPROF and seven other syndicates will be staging a ‘camping protest’ outside the Lisbon headquarters of the education minister from tomorrow until Friday. The objective of the three-day
Hundreds gather outside closed Portimão school as teacher strike continues
Around 200 people – including teachers, school staff and students – gathered this Friday morning outside Portimão’s Teixeira Gomes secondary school as part of the ongoing teachers strike which has
Hundreds of teachers protest outside Ministry of Education
Hundreds of teachers are protesting today outside the Ministry of Education in Lisbon, as schools reconvene for the Spring term (2º periodo). This particular protest is against government proposals to
Teachers to continue “indefinite strike” in January; major school disruptions expected
“Unprecedented” demonstration planned for January 14, 2023 in Lisbon Portugal’s Union of All Education Professionals (STOP) has announced plans to stage an “indefinite strike” in the second term of classes
Teachers on strike ahead of December 17 protest
Teachers are carrying out a second day of strikes and several protests today across Portugal ahead of what is expected to be a larger demonstration at Lisbon’s Marquês do Pombal
Talking about death
In the last few weeks, both national and international news has been dominated by the death of Queen Elizabeth ll. At our school, students of all ages from three to
Teachers unions announce national strike for November 2
Strike to coincide with speech in parliament of education minister Portugal’s teachers’ unions have announced a national strike for 2 November, in protest to the government’s perceived lack of investment
State spends €10,000 a year on every child’s education
A new OECD study shows that Portugal spends roughly €10,000 per year on the education of each child in the State system. This means that from the moment pupils begin
More than 80% of ‘missing teachers’ placed “without specific qualifications for subject”
The ‘normality and tranquility’ sketched by education minister João Costa for the start of the school year is coming ever more into perspective. In the almost 3,000 hours that are
75,000 schoolchildren “without teachers” at start of school year
The number of schoolchildren/ pupils without teachers at the start of this academic year has been revised upwards, from 60,000 to 75,000 (numbers gleaned from the Ministry of Education’s own