The Minister of Education stated in Parliament this Wednesday that there are 448 unfilled teaching schedules, a figure updated on March 26th. Fernando Alexandre noted this is a significant decrease from the 1,208 recorded on January 26th, attributing the reduction to new placements and the correction of administrative errors that had inflated initial data. The minister challenged figures from unions like Fenprof, claiming their estimates are outdated and inaccurate. He announced that the government is developing a new digital system to better track teacher shortages and identify schools with excess staff, as part of a broader reform of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation.