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The Ministry of Education is actively working to resolve school placement shortages as a new wave of late enrolments impacts several municipalities, raising concerns about class sizes and resource allocation.
The crisis of school placements – already having seen several schools increase class sizes beyond recommended numbers – continues, with another 380 “late enrollment requests” received in certain areas, the The post Further pressure on over-full state schools: 380 ‘new’ pupils request places appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The government official explained that “new enrollment requests continue to appear daily,” a situation which, he claimed, has been occurring for several years and throughout the entire school year.
The 'We are not puppets' group ensures that many students remain at home.
The group of parents taking legal action against the Ministry of Education over a lack of places in state schools says many pupils are still at home with no information. The post Parents already suing Education Ministry claim “many pupils” still without school placement appeared first on Portugal Resident.
More than 350 students from the municipalities of Barreiro, Seixal, Loures and Odivelas who were still without a school were placed on Wednesday. Only a “residual number” of students remain in Seixal.
The local authority confirms that every student in the Seixal area has now been assigned a spot in basic and secondary education institutions.
The Confederation of Parents' Associations (CONFAP) is requesting official data from the government regarding the number of students currently without a school placement.
The Ministry of Education guarantees that no student in compulsory education will be left without a place and highlights the 569 students who have already been provided with a solution.
Autistic children have been waiting for school placement for four months
By yesterday, nearly 1,000 students who previously lacked a school placement had been assigned to schools.
A new meeting with school principals from Odivelas and Barreiro is scheduled for today. Also, the reappearance of Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
Almost 1,000 students without a school placement have been successfully allocated to institutions over the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Education provides an update on the placement of students who were left without an assigned school at the beginning of the academic term.
In Sintra, 295 unplaced students were added to existing classes. In Lisbon, some families still have no information regarding placements. The Ministry points to delays in the enrolment process.
Students in Sintra who were awaiting placement have been distributed among schools in the municipality, according to school directors, but there are still some individual cases related to the specific school or school cluster assigned.
Containers may be the solution. Class sizes in Lisbon have been increased to accommodate around 600 students without a placement. The Minister of Education stated that this increase does not compromise the quality of education and cited significant demographic pressure due to the number of immigrants in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
A school cluster director in Sintra stated, following a meeting with the Ministry of Education, that students who had not yet received confirmation have now been assigned. Only individual cases remain to be placed.
A 7th-grade student from the Seixal municipality remains without a placement in any educational institution. The Ministry of Education guarantees that the issue of students without vacancies has already been resolved in Lisbon, but does not reveal how many children and young people are still in the same situation nationwide.
The Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, responds to the criticism he faced at the start of the school year, specifically regarding students who were not placed: “There are schools that had capacity and refused students. I have already requested explanations and ordered an inquiry by the Inspectorate to understand why they refused students when they had capacity.”
The decision was made after seven hours of a meeting called by the ministry.
Público: solution found after a meeting between directors and the Ministry of Education, following reports of students without placement. DN: Portugal stands out for its democratic decline in recent years.
At issue is the alleged crime of making false statements for having stated during the Rui Pinto trial that no wiretaps were conducted during the investigation. Additionally, MEO was the target of a mass cyberattack.
Principals and the ministry met and found a solution. The ministry does not specify how many students are still without placement, but admits to opening new classes, reorganising spaces, or increasing the number of students per class.
The socialist leader recalled that the school year is starting with “hundreds of students without placement”.
The Ministry of Education has called an emergency meeting with school cluster directors in Lisbon to address the issue of students still without a school placement. Minister Fernando Alexandre described as 'serious' the reports that some headteachers had available capacity but refused to enrol students. The minister also addressed criticism from the Socialist Party regarding the start of the school year and defended his ongoing reforms to the ministry's structure, while guaranteeing that all students will eventually be placed in schools within their region.
Hundreds of students have not yet been placed in any school despite the school year having already begun. The Minister of Education admits that there are situations under investigation.
Dozens of 7th-grade students are without placement in Seixal schools.
After numerous attempts to contact the Ministry of Education services, all without a positive result, the family reported the situation. A 10-year-old student was left without a school placement.
Rodrigo Pereira finished the 4th grade on the Honour Roll at the Mosteiro Basic School in Odivelas, and his mother enrolled him in the 5th grade on the very first day of registration, filling out all five school options. However, she was surprised to receive a 'no placement' status.
