This Friday, the DGAE published the final placement lists for the Extraordinary External Competition, aimed at schools classified as needy, with difficulty attracting teachers to staff.
Almost 80% (1,822) of the 2,309 vacancies in the competition aimed at schools in the regions of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, Alentejo and Algarve, classified as needy due to lack of teachers, were filled, the Ministry of Education said today.
According to data from (DGAE), 1,822 vacancies were occupied, which represents 78.9% of the 2,309 Pedagogical Zone Staff (QZP) vacancies in dispute.
“The vacancies that remain unfilled do not represent students without classes, as they are QZP vacancies and not school schedules”, said the ministry in the press release.
This Friday, the DGAE published the final placement lists for the Extraordinary External Competition, aimed at schools classified as needy, with difficulty attracting teachers to staff.
The acceptance period runs between Monday and Friday of next week, he further detailed.
In QZP 45 (which includes the municipalities of Vila Franca de Xira, Loures, Sintra, Cascais, Oeiras, Amadora, Odivelas and Lisbon) and in QZP 46 (Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo, Alcochete, Palmela, Sesimbra and Setúbal ) 1,238 teachers were placed (1,658 vacancies were in competition), you can read.
“These two QZPs concern the area of the country where the highest incidence of students without classes persisted, contributing, with these placements, in a structural way to the resolution of this problem in public schools”, highlighted the ministry led by Fernando Alexandre.
In QZP 47 to 58, which cover the Alentejo area, 231 teachers were placed in the 333 available vacancies, while in the QZP in the Algarve (QZP 59 to 63) 203 teachers were hired, leaving only 13 vacancies to be filled, he added.
On Tuesday, the internal mobility competition begins, which aims to express preferences for schools, with a view to assigning a timetable.
“If teachers enter the workforce, as a result of the Extraordinary External Competition, in the QZP to which the School Group belongs or the Non-Group School where they are currently assigned, they will have the possibility of expressing their intention to remain at the school where they work”, he stressed the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation.
In addition to this competition, the Government also launched, as an additional measure to mitigate the situation of students without classes, a financial incentive for teachers to travel to schools in need.
The Ministry of Education highlighted that 234 schools in need were identified, allowing their teachers to benefit from travel support, which varies between 150 euros and 450 euros, depending on the distance between the tax residence and the educational establishment where the teacher is based. .
This support will be paid for 11 months and covers all teachers placed in those schools, regardless of their employment status and recruitment group.
The Government defined the goal, within the scope of the “+Aulas+Sucesso” Plan, to reduce, at the end of the first period, by 90% the number of students without classes since the beginning of the school year, in relation to 2023/2024.
