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Portugal's Ninth-Grade Exam Results Slip Past Their Friday Deadline in a Grading Backlog

The results of this year's ninth-grade national exams did not appear on 17 July as scheduled, with EduQA blaming a backlog in classification and unable to give a new date. Officials also admitted some papers may ultimately be returned without a numerical grade, though higher-education deadlines are

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

Teachers Lodge a Criminal Complaint Over Portugal's Botched Digital Exam Grading as the PS Demands a Parliamentary Inquiry

Teachers Lodge a Criminal Complaint Over Portugal's Botched Digital Exam Grading as the PS Demands a Parliamentary Inquiry

Portugal's troubled switch to digital exam marking has moved from a technical headache into a full-blown political and legal fight. Fenprof (Federação Nacional dos Professores, the National Federation of Teachers), the country's largest teaching...

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

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Portugal's First Digital Exam Marking Falters, Delaying 300,000 Secondary Results to July 17

Portugal's first attempt to mark its 300,000 national secondary exams digitally has been hit by platform crashes, mis-scanned papers and a security flaw, forcing grading deadlines back and delaying results to 17 July. Minister Fernando Alexandre dismisses 'alarmism' as a petition and opposition part

The Portugal Brief 08 Jul 2026

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IT Failures in Electronic Marking Delay Portugal's Secondary-Exam Results to July 17 and Push the Second Phase to July 20

A breakdown in the new electronic exam-marking system has forced the Education Ministry to move first-phase results from 14 to 17 July and the second phase to 20-24 July. Teachers describe chaos - markers drafted from other subjects, call-up lists naming retired and even deceased teachers, and answe

The Portugal Brief 04 Jul 2026

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Parliament Forces Portugal to Pay Its Stalled Graduate Tuition Refund and Stack It With IRS Jovem, Defying the Government's Deficit Warning

On 2 July, PS and Chega approved a bill forcing the State to pay the long-stalled graduate tuition refund (the prémio salarial de qualificações) and let it stack with IRS Jovem. The PSD says the €300M measure risks a deficit. Bachelor's graduates reclaim €697 a year, master's €1,500.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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Portugal's First Digital Exam-Grading Run Stumbles Into a 'Recovery Phase' Days Before the 14 July Results

Portugal's first digital grading of national exams has hit a 'recovery phase' after technical trouble scanning handwritten answers. First-phase results are due 14 July and higher-education applications open 20 July, with 56,790 public places at stake.

The Portugal Brief 29 Jun 2026

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Teachers' Union Faults €42.5 Million for Private Pre-Schools, Pressing for a Public Creche Network

Fenprof has accused the government of funding a 'place to deposit children' by paying private and cooperative providers some €42.5 million to fill more than 12,000 missing pre-school places, instead of expanding the public network. The union wants a public creche system.

The Portugal Brief 27 Jun 2026

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