The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation has announced an extraordinary national exam session for secondary school students from September 3 to 8. This measure follows technical issues in the electronic grading system, allowing all students eligible for the second phase to retake their exams, with the best grade counting toward their final results. Registration for this special session is open from July 27 to July 31.
Government opens extraordinary exam period after grading errors
Tuesday, 21 July 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação, MECI) is Portugal's national ministry responsible for education policy from pre‑school through higher education and for national science and innovation policy. In this story MECI announced that public higher education will have 78,283 places for the 2026/2027 academic year, an increase of 1,465 from the current year, which affects university admissions and capacity planning for students and institutions.
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- Special exam period to take place between September 3 and 8eco.sapo.pt ·
- Extraordinary national exam period to be held between September 3 and 8cmjornal.pt ·
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- All students taking exams in the second phase can attend the special sessionpublico.pt ·
- National exams: Special session between 3 and 8 September open to students eligible for the 2nd phasedn.pt ·
- Special exam period open to students eligible for the 2nd phaseobservador.pt ·
- Extraordinary exam period to be held between 3 and 8 September and will be extended to all studentsrtp.pt ·
