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The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre
The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation announced in a statement that 169 teachers on mobility in its services and in other public administration services will return to schools in January 2026.
Almost 170 teachers who are on mobility in the services of the Ministry of Education (MECI) will return to their schools from January, the Minister of Education determined this Monday, Fernando Alexandre.
“The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, ordered the return to schools of another 169 teachers who until now they performed functionsin mobility, in the services of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation or in other Public Administration services”, reads the note released by the ministry.
The majority of these teachers “belong to Recruitment Groups and Pedagogical Zone Staff in need, being able to provide classes to thousands of students“, especially in subject areas and in regions of the country where there is a greater shortage of teachers and more difficulties in hiring or replacing them, following sick leaves or retirements, for example.
These teachers will also be able to “guarantee pedagogical responses essential, namely educational support, assistance and others necessary for the functioning of schools”, says the MECI in the note.
Thus, teachers, who will return to schools “from January“, that is, in the beginning of the 2nd academic periodbelong, above all, to recruitment groups with deficits, “as is the case of the 1st cycle of Basic Education [36 docentes]”, informs the note.
Furthermore, “for the most part”, teachers belong to schools located in Pedagogical Zone Tables 45 (Vila Franca de Xira, Loures, Sintra, Cascais, Oeiras, Amadora, Odivelas and Lisbon) e 46 (Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo, Alcochete, Palmela, Sesimbra and Setúbal), he specifies.
Currently, these teachers are performing functions in the General Directorate of School Establishments (DGEstE), in the General Directorate of Education (DGE), in the General Secretariat of Education and Science, in the General Directorate of School Administration (DGAE), in the National Agency for Qualification and Professional Education (ANQEP) or in the Institute of Financial Management of Education (IGeFE), among others.
According to the statement, the exception to the cessation of mobility now determined are the teachers who are in services “whose intervention ensures answers urgent, essential and indispensable for the protection of children and young peopleparticularly in contexts of particular vulnerability”.
The decision now taken is due to a new organization of MECI serviceswhich allowed more teachers to be released to schools, highlights the note.
The new organization of MECI, with the creation of the Agency for the Management of the Educational System (AGSE) and the Institute of Education, Quality and Assessment (EduQA), has allowed, to date, “the return to schools of 257 teachersof a total of 515 teachers assigned to MECI services until the beginning of the Ministry’s reform”.
The following remain at AGSE and EduQA. teachers essential to the functions and processes considered essential for its proper functioning.
In the note, the minister thanks the teachers who served in MECI services or in other Public Administration services.
The ministry emphasizes that “the ensuring that all students have classes It is an essential condition for the Public School to fulfill its mission of ensuring equal opportunities for all students, promoting educational success throughout the territory”.
Admitting that the absence of classes, caused by a shortage of teachers“harms the school journey of thousands of children and young people, compromises the investment of families and the State, and undermines the trust of Portuguese society in the educational system and, in particular, in Public Schools”.
