Minister of Education changes tune over issue of teachers’ frozen pay
João Costa is now a fervent supporter of PS leadership candidate Pedro Nuno Santos Minister of Education for another 48-hours tops, João Costa has today “admitted the possibility of teachers
S.T.O.P confirms two-plus week ‘school strike’ is on
Radical syndicate S.T.O.P – representing teachers and staff in the education sector – has confirmed the ‘school strike’ called from Monday to November 29 is very much ‘on’. The strike
Teachers federation sees opportunity in political crisis
Meeting today to publish teachers’ position Teachers’ federation FENPROF is among so many factions that have seen opportunity in Portugal’s billowing political crisis. Nine of the teaching sector’s largest trade
Schools face national strike, between November 13-29
André Pestana, leader of S.T.O.P. announces two-and-a-half week strike Teachers and non-teaching staff of the country’s State schools will be on strike between November 13 and 29. The dates were
Teachers sign up to Friday’s strike by public sector workers
Teachers have said they will be joining the public sector workers’ strike, scheduled for Friday (October 27) – and their list of demands will not be restricted to the recovery
Portugal’s president pays overnight stay of ‘homeless’ teacher
57-year-old teacher lives in van because he cannot find ‘accessible rental’ President Marcelo has been one of the first to take part in the campaign “adopt a teacher” – launched
Teachers’ union welcomes ‘enormous’ participation in national strike
Portugal’s National Education Federation (FNE), one of the two largest teachers’ unions, has welcomed the “enormous support” of school staff for a national strike staged today, which according to an
More than 5,000 teachers take sick leave in first three weeks of term
More than 5,000 teachers have taken sick leave since classes began for the new academic year three weeks ago, according to figures released today by the Ministry of Education. On
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 needs more than 30,000 new teachers by 2030
Teaching is a career with a future – education minister As the country approaches yet another academic year riven by conflict between teaching staff and the government, education minister João