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166,339 Candidates Sit National Secondary-School Exams From 16-26 June Across 340,382 Papers and 25 Disciplines — Portuguese 12th-Year and Economics A 11th-Year Headline Day One as 93,596 Aim for 20 July Higher-Education Competition

166,339 Candidates Sit National Secondary-School Exams From 16-26 June Across 340,382 Papers and 25 Disciplines — Portuguese 12th-Year and Economics A 11th-Year Headline Day One as 93,596 Aim for 20 July Higher-Education Competition

Eleven working days, 25 disciplines, 340,382 papers — the 2026 National Secondary-School Exams open 09:30 Monday with Portuguese 12th-year as 166,339 candidates sit the first phase, 93,596 of them aiming at the 20 July National Higher-Education Access Competition.
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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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