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Iscte has emerged as the leading Portuguese business school after climbing to 55th position globally in the latest Financial Times Executive MBA ranking. Overall, Portugal retains three programmes in the world's top 100, reflecting strong performance with two climbing in rank and one recording a minor decline.
The proposed 2027 State Budget ends a seven-year freeze on public undergraduate tuition fees by indexing them to inflation, prompting student associations in Lisbon to schedule protests against the rising costs of higher education.
Portuguese schools received 380 enrolment requests in the past week, with 73% coming from foreign nationals, according to Minister of Education Fernando Alexandre. Despite ongoing pressure, Alexandre defended the education system's dynamism and highlighted that autonomy given to school directors is facilitating placements, while a new teacher allocation model continues to address vacancies.
Over 300 primary school students in Marvila are currently without teachers, leading to school closures and the redistribution of pupils across different year groups as authorities explore emergency staffing solutions.
The Ministry of Education has successfully resolved the placement of 295 students in Sintra who were previously without school spots, following a process of identifying vacancies and distributing pupils across local school clusters.
A Pordata report reveals that secondary education completion rates are lower in Lisbon, Setúbal, and the Algarve, despite an overall increase in student enrollment and higher education participation across Portugal.
Pressure is mounting on Portugal's education minister following a significant failure in the national exam marking process, sparking widespread public criticism and calls for resignation.
The new rector of Iscte, Helena Carreiras, warns that new degree and diploma legislation must be carefully implemented to prevent increased inequality in university access, emphasizing the need for institutions to support student skill development from the start.
The Portuguese government, UGT, and four business confederations are meeting to negotiate a decisive agreement on new labour law reforms.
The Education Inspectorate has launched an inquiry into two institutions providing support for students outside the traditional school system, including the Clonlara Portugal association which is currently seeking authorisation for a new campus.
Suspension of proceedings must still be voted on in the plenary session on Wednesday.
The government intends to allow graduates in Basic Education to teach primary school before completing their master's degree or professional training to address the teacher shortage, according to union representatives. Minister of Education, Science and Innovation Fernando Alexandre presented a legislative proposal to unions on Tuesday to allow these graduates into the classroom to help students currently without teachers, particularly in the Lisbon region. While unions expressed reservations, they acknowledged the move as a necessary measure given the lack of alternatives. The Ministry stated this is a temporary solution and committed to providing pedagogical training to these professionals to ensure they achieve full professional qualification.
The family cheque will begin to be awarded this academic year to secondary and vocational education students. In the coming years, it will be extended to the remaining cycles, according to the approved proposal.
The Government wants to allow Basic Education graduates to teach primary school before completing a master's degree or in-service professional training, in order to resolve the issue of students without teachers, unions revealed.
At issue is the holding of a religious ceremony during the inauguration of the Cascais Secondary School.
Students are protesting against teaching conditions, the cost of living, and the housing crisis
The fevered melting pot of the last couple of weeks has extended now to students, who closed schools today in Lisbon calling for “better conditions in education”, and quite a The post “They’re destroying our future”: students close schools in Lisbon appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Several students are blocking the entrance to the António Arroio Artistic School this morning in Lisbon. They assured CNN Portugal reporter Daniela Rodrigues that “now it is their turn” to block educational institutions in an attempt to make themselves heard by the Government. “They are not guaranteeing our future,” stated one of the protesters. The Camões Secondary School also did not open its doors due to the protests.
Dozens of students gathered outside the Liceu Camões in Lisbon and locked the gates with chains this Friday.
“We are students and we want a future, but governments are condemning our generation,” stated one of the movement's spokespersons, who was inspired by the student protests in France.
The removal of fiber-cement panels containing asbestos in the old buildings of Cascais Secondary School was suspended last Friday.
There are still six thousand primary school students without a teacher, according to Fenprof. Schools continue to merge classes and redistribute resources. In Marvila, classes without assigned teachers are being taught by secondary school educators.
Higher education students took to the streets in Lisbon this Wednesday against the Government's intention to unfreeze tuition fees starting in the next academic year. CNN Portugal reporter Isabel Semedo is at the scene.
Students gathered at the government headquarters chanted slogans against the unfreezing of tuition fees and what they consider to be a disinvestment in higher education. There is a new protest scheduled for the 18th.
The freezing of tuition fees was approved in 2016, at the time proposed by the PCP within the scope of the 2017 State Budget.
In Lisbon, three hundred students are protesting in front of the government headquarters against the increase in tuition fees and other expenses for students living away from home. The Secretary-General of the PCP, along with members of Livre and the Left Bloc, joined the demonstration.
