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FENPROF Takes Pre-School Educators and 1st-Cycle Teachers Out for a Single-Teacher Regime Strike Day — Public Rally at MECI Ministry From 10:00

FENPROF Takes Pre-School Educators and 1st-Cycle Teachers Out for a Single-Teacher Regime Strike Day — Public Rally at MECI Ministry From 10:00

The Federação Nacional dos Professores (FENPROF, National Federation of Teachers) opened a national strike of pre-school educators (educadores de infância) and primary 1st-cycle teachers (professores do 1.º ciclo) on Monday 15 June 2026, pairing the walkout with a 10:00 public rally — 'Tribuna Pública pela Equidade na Monodocência&
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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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