Latest news and stories about school attendance in Portugal for expats and residents.
Multidisciplinary teams monitored 1,968 children at risk of losing their right to education last year, marking the first time such data has been compiled.
The Ministry adds that the new measure will allow the rigorous accounting of lessons actually taught, identify situations in which pupils have no classes, and validate the teaching service provided and the corresponding pay.
The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation says that, by the end of this school year, it will be possible to know how many students are without classes. Today, the system does not allow that information to be obtained reliably. “We are changing many things. But this is a very complex system; it's like a government within the ...”
