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There are no major overall differences in the performance of public and private school students in PISA, but these worsen when looking only at students in scientific-humanistic courses.
These results tell us where we are and how we have evolved; they do not, in themselves, explain why we arrived here. It is in that leap that quick explanations, miraculous solutions, and myths begin. Opinion by Francisco Miranda Rodrigues
The 2025 PISA results have sparked significant debate regarding the state of education in Portugal and across many other nations, including France, Italy, Germany, and Finland. As global educational performance hits a century low, the author argues that while countries must take responsibility for their own shortcomings, the trend is widespread. Citing PISA expert Andreas Schleicher, the article suggests that top-performing nations are those focusing on strengthening fundamental skills rather than merely increasing digital tools. In the age of Artificial Intelligence, the ability to think critically and use information intelligently is becoming a vital economic advantage, which must be cultivated through rigorous and coherent classroom environments.
School is precious and irreplaceable. But it is slow to realise that the way 21st-century children think, know, and speak is different from what school has always imagined.
Former Minister of Education Marçal Grilo addressed the results of Portuguese students in PISA 2026, which show a regression in knowledge levels across several parameters.
Portugal's performance in the PISA assessment has dropped to levels not seen in two decades.
It is said that as early as Ancient Greece, the idea was defended that 'students are getting worse and worse'. I try to avoid this, partly because I fear that adhering to this perception might be a symptom of aging. But this week, the PISA results tell us that, in Portugal, students are worse. Let us be optimistic: Portugal is exactly an average country...
Students cannot pay the price for a failed pedagogical experiment. The next generation deserves more.
The performance of 15-year-old students has never been lower in Mathematics and Reading. The OECD points to intensive screen use and the loss of reading habits as factors associated with the decline.
The PISA results were not positive at all, and questions are being raised about where education in Portugal is failing. Furthermore, is the mystery of the Chega office a forgotten case?
Portugal lost a year and a half of schooling in the decade when the value of median labour fell to zero. It was not the tide: there were countries that did not fall and countries that rose.
In an essential area for projecting an optimistic future, such as education, the country is failing miserably. The figures from the 2025 PISA report are a tragedy for Portugal. Opinion by Manuel Carvalho
The PISA results are neither a statistical fatality nor a surprise. They are the logical consequence of decades of concessions. They are the mirror of concrete choices made over the years. Opinion by João Nuno Tavares
The performance of Portuguese students is in rapid and prolonged decline, despite the cosmetic use of internal assessments to manufacture statistics of success. PISA 2025 results show a regression in Reading and Mathematics to levels seen many years ago, with Science scores stagnating at a loss. The last decade has been catastrophic, and arguments citing the pandemic or OECD trends are merely excuses for replicating failed policies. The policies of the 'Costa' era in education have resulted in a resounding failure, with both low and high performers seeing significant declines. Data analysis suggests that attempts to whitewash specific political cycles are spurious, as the decline has been evident since 2018, with 2015 results appearing increasingly circumstantial. Ultimately, the current situation reflects the adoption of policies ill-suited to the national educational reality, with decision-makers failing to take responsibility and continuing to implement measures based on the same flawed logic.
The 2025 PISA results, released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), show a further decline in the performance of Portuguese youth.
Portugal's educational performance in Mathematics and Reading has dropped to levels seen two decades ago, with the Alentejo and Setúbal regions ranking lowest in the country.
The results are worse than in Portugal's first participation in 2000.
Portuguese students recorded their worst-ever academic performance in the PISA reading assessment, continuing a downward trend that represents over a year of lost learning. According to the Secretary of State for Education, Alexandre Homem Cristo, these results are historic for the wrong reasons. The OECD study, which evaluated 760,000 students across 91 countries, shows that 15-year-olds in Portugal have regressed to 2006 levels in mathematics, reading, and science. While the government acknowledges the severity of the decline, it attributes the results to factors such as the pandemic and concentration difficulties, rather than direct policy failure. Portugal now ranks 26th in reading, 30th in mathematics, and 29th in science, with a notable lack of top-performing students compared to the OECD average.
