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The Assembleia da Republica in Lisbon lit at night, seen from the foot of the steps past one of the stone lions that flank the approach to the columned facade

The Inquiry Into Digital Exam Marking Now Has the Votes to Go Ahead, After the Socialist Leadership Moved on Wednesday

Chega committed on Tuesday, the PS national secretariat on Wednesday. The vote falls on Friday, and the terms reach the contracts, the costs and the ministry's own reorganisation.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The curved colonnaded stone facade of the Aula Magna and rectory building of the Universidade de Lisboa under a clear blue sky, with a figurative mural on the end wall

One in Six Portuguese Adults Was in Training Last Year, on a Measure Where the Country Sat Below the EU Average Until 2022

Eurostat published the 2025 adult-learning figures on Monday. Portugal has gone from 9.8 percent to 16.9 percent in ten years, against an EU rise from 10.1 to 13.7. Sweden is on 38.2 percent and Greece on 5.2.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

The white frontage of a Portuguese state secondary school with a terracotta tiled roof, solar panels on the roof and a paved courtyard with clipped trees in front

Portugal's Mathematicians Want the National Tests to Count Again, After PISA Put Fifteen-Year-Olds Below Their 2003 Score

Four hundred and sixty points in mathematics, twelve down and below 2003. The society's answer is tests with consequences, credit hours for support, and textbook certification.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

A Portuguese state primary school seen from the street, the name EB1 Dr Catela Gomes on the boundary wall beside a glazed public noticeboard and a closed white gate.

Seguro Escolar in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to What the State Pays When a Child Is Hurt at School, the Journey That Counts, and the Seven Exclusions

Every state-school pupil is covered by a statutory scheme with no insurer and no policy document. It pays for public treatment, travel and compensation worth up to 300 times the minimum wage, and it pays nothing at all if you sorted the problem out privately first.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

Joao Paulo II Airport at Ponta Delgada in the Azores seen from a hillside, aircraft parked along the low terminal building with the runway and the Atlantic beyond.

An Azorean Student Pays at Most 89 Euros to Fly to the Mainland, and the Socialists Want the Rest of the Journey Off the Tax Bill

Francisco Cesar told the regional Socialist Youth congress in Horta on Sunday that flights should count as an education expense for IRS, and announced a regional accommodation supplement for students who study off their own island.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

Three cellos on wall racks in a Portuguese music school classroom, with instrument cases on the parquet floor and open sheet music on a stand

One Lisbon Music School's Injunction Has Frozen the Whole Country's Artistic-Education Funding, and the Ministry Cannot Say When the Lists Will Appear

Acordarte, which runs the Academia de Musica de Lisboa, challenged the 14 August sponsorship-contract tender as manifestly illegal and unconstitutional. Filing the case automatically barred the ministry from publishing the provisional lists, and the school year has started.

The Portugal Brief 12 Sep 2026

The pale facade and flagpoles of Escola Secundaria Diogo de Gouveia in Beja, with the original Liceu Nacional lettering above the entrance

Portugal Finished 402 Specialised Technology Centres in Its Schools for 500 Million Euros, Thirty-Seven More Than the Target

The education minister announced the total in Beja while inaugurating two of them, and put the overshoot at about 40. Against a target of 365, the arithmetic gives 37.

The Portugal Brief 12 Sep 2026

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