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Public consultation opens for revised school curriculum until late April

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A revised version of the Essential Learning (Aprendizagens Essenciais) curriculum for all basic and secondary school subjects is now open for public consultation until the end of April. The update aims to modernize content and improve consistency across different school cycles, including new guidelines for Citizenship and Development (Cidadania e Desenvolvimento). Parents and educators should note that the new standards are currently being tested in 13 school clusters before a nationwide rollout next year.

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Public consultation opens for revised school curriculum until late April

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Ministry of Education to press ahead with curriculum changes, including timetabled hours and integration of the 1st and 2nd cycles

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The Minister of Education told Parliament that a planned review of curricula and the organisation of the first and second cycles of basic education will be implemented in the 2027/28 school year. Key changes will include revised timetabled hours and closer integration of the 1st and 2nd cycles, with the government aiming to align curriculum content, assessment and pathways to qualifications. The announcement signals a significant policy reform requiring adjustments by schools, teachers and qualification bodies ahead of the 2027 rollout.

Expresso20 Jan

Ministry of Education to press ahead with curriculum changes, including timetabled hours and integration of the 1st and 2nd cycles

The school falls when the pillars weaken

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Is it fair to expect the same results from students who, throughout their basic education, had less time to learn Mathematics and Portuguese?

observador.pt23 Sept

The school falls when the pillars weaken

Mathematics: the transition for the worse

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The 2018 Essential Learnings had already reduced rigour; those of 2023 further accentuate this weakening.

Observador27 Mar

Mathematics: the transition for the worse

Reunification of the 1st and 2nd cycles comes into force next year; FNE complains it was not consulted before the announcement

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The measure was already included in the Government’s programme and the ministry’s intention to press ahead was widely known. The curriculum review will come into force in the 2027/2028 school year, the minister announced. The union organisation says it only learned about it through the media.

CNN Portugal21 Jan

Reunification of the 1st and 2nd cycles comes into force next year; FNE complains it was not consulted before the announcement

School and artificial intelligence: between promises and challenges?

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From the official curriculum, centrally decided and standardised in its practices, there will inevitably be a shift towards the so-called 'curriculum of everything', driven by digital tools. Opinion by José Augusto Pacheco

Público20 Jan

School and artificial intelligence: between promises and challenges?

Portugal

1807: France and Spain sign the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau, agreeing to invade Portugal and partition it into three: a northern kingdom for the King of Etruria, a southern principality for Godoy, and the centre held in reserve until a general peace. Junot's army entered Lisbon on 30 November.
1949:Egas Moniz's Nobel Prize
António Egas Moniz is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Walter Hess, for the prefrontal leucotomy. He remains Portugal's only Nobel laureate in the sciences, though the operation is now discredited.
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