The recently released report that revealed that 40% of 1st cycle schools have less than 15 students will be wrong – and will be reviewed. New calculations made based on inforings point out that there are after all 10% of establishments with less than 20 students.
The study data “Teacher needs: deficit or inefficiency in teaching supply management? ”Posted on Monday, they may be rudely wrong.
Performed by Edulog, think tank From the Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation, which aims to improve the education system in Portugal, analyzed the management of the public education school network, as well as the organization of school times, the student ratio per teacher and the way the classes are constituted.
Coordinated by the former Minister of Education David Justinothe study concludes that in schools results from “management inefficiency of human resources “, and considers that“ there is a high discrepancy in student distribution ”: and 26% have less than ten”.
But in secondary education, “The scenario is even more alarmingwith more than 60% of the offerings of professional schools of public schools to register less than 15 students, which represents a waste of resources, especially teachers and public money, ”says the study by Edulog.
In terms of Distribution of students by classthe study concludes that there is “a significant misalignment Among the norms and criteria defined by the Ministry of Education for the constitution of classes and the existing reality ”.
But, according to accounts made by, the percentage of schools with less than 15 students around only 10%: based on the data available in the portal with statistical data from the Ministry of Education, about 350 among just over 3300 schools with less than 20 students.
The author of the study Already admitted the error. Speaking to the public, David Justino assumed that Think Tank is reviewing the data in relation to the size of schools, “since There was double or triple accounting in some cases“, Giving rise to an overlap in the counting of schools.
An official source of Edulog also said to what “is underway a rigorous data review”Published in the study.
In a statement to which the weekly had access, the Public School Mission Movement admits its “Studied in the face of the announced numbers”And he says that this study point is wrong, referring to data consultation in the informationcolas.
