Estela Silva / Lusa
The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre
After all, teachers who refuse the place allocated in the extraordinary competition this week will not be subject to disciplinary proceedings. However, they will be unable to perform their duties this academic year.
Earlier this week, citing a document from the Ministry of Education, ZAP reported that teachers had until the end of this week to accept placement in the extraordinary competition. Otherwise, .
“The non-acceptance of the placement obtained on the definitive placement list determines the application of the provisions of paragraph a) and b) of article 18 of Decree-Law no. 32-A/2023, of May 8, that is, the annulment of the placement and the establishment of disciplinary proceedings against career teachers”, it read.
However, the Government now says it was an oversight.
“A lapse was detected in the transcription of the penalization of teachers recently enrolled in the Extraordinary External Competition, already duly rectified in the Information Note available on the DGAE website”, the communications office of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) explained to Lusa ), stating that “No disciplinary process is foreseen for teachers who do not accept placement in a Pedagogical Zone Framework (QZP)”.
Not processed; Prevented from working
The guardianship launched an extraordinary competition to place teachers in schools that were already identified as having more difficulties in hiring and therefore had more cases of students without classes.
Around 2,300 vacancies were opened, for which more than five thousand teachers applied. However, some schools continue to lack teachers, especially in the Greater Lisbon area, as 1,822 teachers were placed, who have to accept the placement during this week.
The competition’s Information Note said that teachers who did not accept the position would be subject to disciplinary proceedings, but the secretariat clarified that there was an “lapse”, which has now been corrected.
Teachers who do not accept the position will be given a “impossibility of teachers being placed in teaching roles in that school year” in other competitions.
The extraordinary competition now launched by the guardianship focused on a group of more than 200 schools located essentially in the Greater Lisbon, Alentejo and Algarve areas, which are identified as having more cases of students who spent longer periods without classes due to a lack of teachers.
More than 400 vacancies remained to be filledlocated mainly in schools in the Lisbon area.
MECI created the “More Classes, More Success” program with 15 measures to reduce the number of students without classes by 90% by Christmas.
In addition to this program, it launched an extraordinary competition and financial support for displaced teachers who agree to stay in schools that have the most difficulty hiring teachers.
