The arrival has disseminated the idea that the children of immigrants have priority to have a place in schools. The National Federation of Teachers (FENPROF) ensures that this does not happen. Nationality is not referred to in the priority list.
At the beginning of the month, André Ventura In Parliament, he read a list of names of immigrant children enrolled in a school in Lisbon giving the idea of having priority over Portuguese nationality.
This idea was later repeated by the deputy Rita Matiasthrough a video that became viral on social networks.
But, unlike the idea that the arrival deputies are spreading, the children of immigrants have no priority to have a place in Portuguese schools.
Fenprof condemned this Tuesday the disclosure of children’s names in xenophobic speeches and comments that they transmit “The false idea” of immigrant students have privileges in access to school.
The National Federation of Teachers criticized the recent statements of the Leader of the arrival, André Ventura, and Rita Matias, who, less than two weeks ,.
The largest representative trade union structure of teachers condemns “the discourse of hatred and racism” and cites the criteria of admission defined in the law to demonstrate that the accusation of privileges of access by immigrant or immigrant descendants of immigrants is false.
“Children, their names and identities, cannot be the subject of xenophobic speeches and comments, either in the Assembly of the Republic or on social networks. The improper dissemination of children’s names intends to feed discrimination and the narrative of incitement to hatred, creating walls and barriers to“ them ”to“ them ”, validating racist and xenophobic acts and violating fundamental rights Plasmados in the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic ”, criticizes FenProf.
What happens, in reality
The largest national teachers’ union organization explained that when there are no vacancies for all, the admission criteria in the pre-school public network give first place priority for children who are five and four years old until December 31.
After these cases, the law provides that they enter the three years of age by September 15 and finally those who are three years old between mid -September and December 31.
In cases where there are two children at the same age, the tiebreaker is done priority for children with specific educational needs; e, then, to the children of mothers and parents.
As Third priority comes children with siblings in the same educational establishment.
The poorest children follow: First those living in the school zone; then those whose parents work in the area of influence of the education establishment.
A List of priorities ends with cases of older children“Counting age, for this purpose, successively in years, months and days,” reads the diploma.
Nationality is not on the list of priorities
Citing the legislation, FenProf underlines that it is “false to accuse privileges of access by immigrant or immigrant descendants” and asks the government to comply with the constitution by increasing supply in preschool and day care centers.
However, also the deputies of Livre asked the Parliamentary Commission for Transparency and Statute of Deputies to comment on the statements of deputies of the arrival, asking that “issues recommendations that undermine the responsible and worthy exercise of the word and function of the deputies.”
