The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação or MECI) has authorized a 2.6 million euro payment for teachers who graded national exams this year, a practice not seen since 2010. Meanwhile, Minister of Education Fernando Alexandre announced that re-evaluations for second-phase exams are postponed until September due to a request from the National Exams Jury (Júri Nacional de Exames or JNE).
Teachers receive exam grading pay as re-evaluations delayed
Friday, 14 August 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.
The National Examination Jury (Júri Nacional de Exames or JNE) is the public body responsible for organizing, managing, and overseeing national exams in Portugal. It ensures the integrity of the testing process, including the distribution of exam papers to teachers for grading and the final certification of student results.
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- 9th-grade marks rose compared to the second phase of last year, but remain below averagecmjornal.pt ·
- Unions want to create a permanent remuneration scheme for teachers who grade examsexpresso.pt ·
- Government pays over 2.6 million euros to teachers who graded national examsdn.pt ·
- FNE advocates for a remuneration scheme for grading examsobservador.pt ·
- Re-evaluations of 2nd phase national exams will only be carried out in Septemberpublico.pt ·
- 2.6 million euros: teachers to receive payment for grading national exams in August salarycnnportugal.iol.pt ·
