Free school breakfasts for disadvantaged children
After years in which many primary school teachers have been ensuring this service ‘one way or the other’, the government has decided that schools should return to providing breakfast for
Schools should be more welcoming for gypsy children – study
School should be a more welcoming place for young gypsy children, advocates a study to be presented in Lisbon tomorrow, recommending “encouraging family participation, having intercultural mediators in school, health
Lisbon School of Design brings eight courses to Faro
“ The Lisbon School of Design is also trying to attract foreigners and digital nomads” Lisbon School of Design (LSD) has branched out to the Algarve and will be offering
Nobel Almancil inaugurates new secondary school building
New building to be used for Year 7 to 13 students Dozens of parents, students, school staff and guests were present on Friday for the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art
Schools reopen with yet another Catch22: too many pupils
State schools reopen this week with teachers ‘still locked in battle with the government’; strikes and industrial action in the pipeline; retirements depleting the teaching pool at an alarming rate
Portugal spends ‘less on school pupils than OECD average’
… and majority of secondary school teachers earn below OECD average Further headlines today impress the degree to which focus on education in Portugal has fallen behind other comparable countries.
Pilot project to conduct next school year with virtual manuals
From September, 20,000 pupils from the 3rd to 12th years will be studying with digital manuals, as part of a pilot project launched by the government seeking to ‘gradually substitute
Over 30,000 foreign children register for Portugal’s pre- and primary schools
Foreign children make up 16% of matriculations for new school year After years in which authorities lamented falling birthrates, the situation appears to be changing, thanks to Portugal’s increasing number
Tony Wood Award presented to Aljezur school student Noya Lahav
This year’s Tony Wood Award, presented by Aljezur International School, has been won by Year 12 student Noya Lahav. The annual award is given in memory of retired fire chief
Another roaring success for Play in the Parque
Forest performance produced by Aljezur International School An audience of over 300 people recently gathered in the forest near Barão de São João to witness the spectacle of this year’s