Teachers still missing for 60,000 pupils: government launches new formula
With teachers still missing for around 60,000 pupils due to return to school next week, the government has launched a new formula allowing teachers to candidate for disciplines that they
Fight is on to save west Algarve school
Children’s education safe, assures lawyer The fight is on to ‘save’ Aljezur International School – the rural secondary school recognised by UNESCO, accredited as an international exam centre by the
Nobel Algarve British International School celebrates “record-breaking” A-Level results
Nobel Algarve British International School is celebrating “record-breaking” A-Level results, with 51% of A-Levels gained at the highest A* or A grades. This is up 13% on last year’s 38%.
Year 13 student receives Tony Wood Award
This year’s Tony Wood Award, presented by Aljezur International School, has been won by year 13 student Noah O’Neill Langdon. The annual award is given in memory of retired fire
UNESCO specialist ranks Portugal’s education “among Rolls Royce of the world”
Quality of Portugal’s education system “among world’s 40 best”, says Amapola Alama A UNESCO specialist in educational curricula has come up with a statement that will leave most Portuguese parents
Portugal’s schools ‘don’t have means to recover pupils’ lost education’
Portugal’s schools don’t have the means to recover the learning pupils have lost as a result of the two years of disruption caused by the pandemic, Fenprof teachers syndicate leader
Student outreach event in Aljezur hears red-listed species live along riverbanks
A lucky few environmentally-interested people, families and school kids got the full benefit of a fascinating, new Erasmus+ student project last Saturday that has been based in Aljezur for the
Thousands of teachers leave profession: “salary doesn’t cover fuel costs”
The plight of Portugal’s teachers – on miserable salaries that “don’t cover fuel costs”, “don’t cover housing costs” and “make it impossible to start a family” – has seen thousands
Parents “mobilize against masks”: Algarve judge grants preliminary injunction
Early this year, the Loulé Tax and Administrative Court granted a preliminary injunction in favor of two parents of high school students in Aljezur. One of them filed a preliminary injunction
Five days into new term directors warn schools may need to close through staff absences
Five days into the new school term – and when schools reopened late due to measures designed to ‘contain the pandemic – directors are warning they may have to call