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Ministério da Educação Brings 19,172 Teachers Into the 2026/27 Quadros via External Competition and Internal Mobility — 4,776 New Permanent Posts and 14,396 Internal Moves Anchor the September Start

Ministério da Educação Brings 19,172 Teachers Into the 2026/27 Quadros via External Competition and Internal Mobility — 4,776 New Permanent Posts and 14,396 Internal Moves Anchor the September Start

The Ministério da Educação placed 19,172 teachers for 2026/27 — 4,776 new permanent entries plus 14,396 internal moves — with 5,454 directed to shortage zones; QZP 45 (Greater Lisbon) took 2,814 and QZP 46 (Setúbal) 1,124, and 3,090 went to primary teaching.
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DGES Lines Up 56,790 Public Higher-Education Seats for the 2026/27 Concurso Nacional — Medicine Adds 62 Places to 1,656 and Educação Básica Climbs 147 to 1,344 With Applications Opening on 20 July

DGES Lines Up 56,790 Public Higher-Education Seats for the 2026/27 Concurso Nacional — Medicine Adds 62 Places to 1,656 and Educação Básica Climbs 147 to 1,344 With Applications Opening on 20 July

DGES locks 56,790 places in the 2026/27 concurso nacional — 34,841 university and 21,949 polytechnic — with applications opening 20 July; Medicine adds 62 to 1,656 (including a new UTAD degree), Educação Básica climbs 147 to 1,344, and the system carries 78,283 total seats.
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Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Five founders — Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and Fundação BNP Paribas — opened the Rede Empregar coalition on 2 June at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, backing 3,438 NEET young people aged 15-34 across 43 nationally-distributed projects.
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Enrolling Your Child in a Portuguese Public School for 2026/2027 — A Practical Guide to the Portal das Matrículas, the Pré-Escolar and 1.º Ano Window Closing 1 June, the Documentary Chain and the Equivalência de Estudos Track for Foreign Records

Enrolling Your Child in a Portuguese Public School for 2026/2027 — A Practical Guide to the Portal das Matrículas, the Pré-Escolar and 1.º Ano Window Closing 1 June, the Documentary Chain and the Equivalência de Estudos Track for Foreign Records

Practical 2026 guide to enrolling a child in Portuguese public school for 2026/2027 — Portal das Matrículas, pré-escolar/1.º ano window closing 1 June, 6.º-9.º/11.º 16-29 June, 2.º-5.º 1-13 July, 10.º/12.º 15-22 July, documentary chain, PLNM and equivalência-de-estudos for foreign records.
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