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Most school groupings have teachers who agreed to postpone retirement this year, according to a survey by Missão Escola Pública, which questions the effectiveness of the measure.

From the north to the south of the country, headteachers have once again had to deal with a shortage of teachers and the difficulty of finding people willing to take up vacancies.

Unions and headteachers describe a moment of crisis in schools.
There will be no result if teachers continue to have too many classes and pupils.

Fenprof and Missão Escola Pública outraged by a ministry's official letter that fuels 'suspicions' about the teaching profession. Keeping records of lesson summaries is a practice long established in schools.

The shortage of teachers is structural and predictable.

General Secretary Francisco Gonçalves holds the Ministry of Education responsible for failing to move forward with 'concrete measures'.

The government will introduce compulsory Physical Education for 1st‑cycle pupils in public schools from the next school year, affecting around 330,000 children. The Budget Law commits to hiring the teachers needed to deliver the measure but does not specify how much will be invested or the number of weekly hours to be allocated. The lack of detail raises implementation questions — recruitment timelines, teacher training, regional distribution, and fiscal impact — and creates uncertainty about curriculum time and equity of provision across schools.

A survey was answered by 88 school principals, representing more than 10% of public schools.
