One in four young Europeans combines work and study. Portugal below average
Portugal is among the nine European Union countries with the lowest share of young people combining study with a job, according to data published this Monday by Eurostat. Romania is the Member State with the lowest rate, while the Netherlands stand out with the highest share of young people who, in addition to studying, ...
The FCT, the higher education crisis and the housing problem
The Grant-holder Statute prevents grant-holders from being paid to teach at their host institution. Changing a single clause would allow the institution to top up the grant. Opinion piece by Federico Herrera
On the decline
It will be very difficult for social harmony to be maintained at our universities and research institutes.
Higher education's capacity for growth is 'severely limited' by the shortage of teaching staff
Is the academic staff crisis reaching higher education? 'The absence of professionals is a major challenge', especially in the private sector, and it affects strategic areas, concludes a new observatory.
Teacher shortage has reached the Central and Northern regions of the country
A shortage of teachers has spread to the Centre and North regions, affecting local schools and raising concerns among education officials about unfilled posts and measures to cope.
Being an engineer is no longer 'sexy' and that poses a problem for the future
A preference for easier courses is causing a drop in enrolment in more traditional engineering degrees. The Order is going into primary schools with LEGO bricks to attract pupils to hands-on building and robotics.
Minister of Education — the virtue of action and the sin of words
The Ministry tells us, without shame, that the payment of our salary will no longer depend solely on actual work, instead becoming hostage to the export of data to a central 'Big Brother'.
Ministry of Education paid €25.9 million in overtime in December
According to published data, the number of teachers covered by the overtime payments “will shortly be revised upwards”, as will the funds allocated to these payments.
This school year alone 1,500 teachers postponed their retirement
The Ministry of Education believes the €750 supplement helped reduce the number of teachers retiring in 2025. In the previous school year, 1,496 teachers extended their careers.
More than 30,000 teachers worked overtime to cover teacher shortages
The ministry paid almost €26 million in overtime, which includes retroactive payments back to 2018 after a correction in the calculation. More than 5,700 teachers are receiving travel support.
Ministry of Education says guidance on lesson registers aims to ensure "reliable data"
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.
Fenprof says requiring the recording of lesson summaries is an "unacceptable" attempt to make teachers' pay dependent on them
Teachers accuse the Ministry of Education of adding “one more source of disruption to the running of schools” and say that each school “should set its own deadlines and rules”
Against 'veiled threats', teachers say linking lesson summaries to pay is 'abusive and illegal'
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.
Fenprof says the Ministry of Education is adding 'a source of disruption to schools' with class registers
Fenprof says this is an 'attempt to make teachers' remuneration depend on the recording of class registers'
Fenprof criticises mandatory registration of summaries; Government says it needs 'reliable data' for management
The teachers' union Fenprof condemns the compulsory logging of lesson summaries, arguing it undermines teachers' autonomy and privacy. The government responds that collecting reliable data is necessary for effective management of the education system.
Dozens of teachers and educators protest in Lisbon for reduced teaching hours
The general secretary of Fenprof, José Feliciano Costa, said that first-cycle (primary) teachers and pre-school educators need parity with other teaching staff.
Dozens of teachers protest for reduced working hours
Participants held placards demanding 'equality in the school calendar, teachers' timetables and reductions based on seniority' in front of the Ministry of Education.
Time to open one's eyes: André Pestana runs for Belém as an alternative candidate
He became known as the face of the Union of All Education Professionals (S.T.O.P.) and for the school strikes in 2022 and 2023, and now believes 'it's time to open one's eyes.' André Pestana is a career teacher and outspoken social activist, and has decided to be one of the 11 candidates for Belém because he wants 'to be the voice of the voiceless' and to 'take the fight for public services to another level.'
Do teachers not want to record class summaries?
The Ministry of Education wants the statute governing the teaching career to make recording class summaries mandatory, and teachers claim the authorities only want to control their absences.
Education Minister warns teachers that without lesson summaries there will be no pay
A document sent to schools warns that the monthly recording of lesson summaries on the platforms and their submission to the ministry is “indispensable” to validate salaries.
Four schools in the municipality of Loures closed due to workers' protest
Workers complain of the “serious shortage” of non-teaching staff, which leads to “serious operational failures and a huge effort by everyone to cover the gaps”
Ministry confident teachers will agree to new career statute
Unions and the ministry have so far only negotiated the first topic of the Teaching Career Statute (ECD), on the 'Teacher Profile, Rights, Duties and Guarantees', and the text may still be subject to amendment.
AESE opens new campus in Porto and is already preparing programmes for the North of the country
AESE Business School has opened a new campus in Porto and is already preparing tailored programmes to serve the North of Portugal. The school's dean says Portuguese business leaders value continuous training but, given an economy with “some fragilities,” are often too absorbed in running their companies to commit time to development — a gap AESE aims to bridge through flexible executive education and qualification offerings that support regional business needs and economic resilience.
1st-cycle pupils to have Physical Education from next school year
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.
