In the next school year may be less thousand validity classes in schools in primary and secondary education, admitted on Tuesday Secretary of State Assistant Alexandra Leitão, speaking in Parliament, which is an ongoing hearing of the Minister of Education, Tiago Rodrigues Brandão.
in response to a member of the PSD, Alexandra Leitão denied that this reduction results from an “imposition” of the ministry, being “only a projection that stems from population reduction.” The latest statistics of Education relating to 2014/2015, realize a decrease in the number of students at all educational levels, from primary to secondary.
In one academic year, between 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, there was a drop of 26,000 students.
the secretary of State also said that reducing class sizes also result of an effort to “rationalize” what is being done with a change of rehisto classes. Instead of placing on the platform how many students are in each class, schools will be required to send the list of names of students who compose revealed. Thus, he added, “not hevará students with dual enrollment or fantamas classes.”
More hours to schools for tutors
At the opening of the hearing in the Committee of Education, the Minister Tiago Rodrigues Brandão, revealed on terça- Tuesday in Parliament that schools will from next academic year “credits specific times” to ensure the new mentoring program that will replace the vocational courses in basic education.
credits in hours allow schools to strengthen their human resources. During the term of Nuno Crato, they began to be allocated according to the results of the students. With the current minister will be distributed according to the number of classes in schools and also, as now revealed Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, the existence of tutorials through which is intended to guarantee four hours of additional support for students with a history of retentions.
During this time, each tutor will support groups of ten students in the study. When he announced this measure, last May, the minister proved to be convinced that there are teachers in groups with schedules without being complete that can be moved to this service, thus saving EUR 15 million it would cost if it were necessary to recruit teachers hired to this effect.
Decrease the weights
the hearing Tuesday in Education of the Parliamentary Commission is being dominated by data statistics of Directorate-General for Education and Science for 2014 / 2015, the last year of Nuno Crato mandate, realizing that the leads fell for the second consecutive year in all primary and secondary school levels. “We have achieved the lowest retention rate ever in the 12 year [30.3%],” said the deputy of the PSD, Amadeu Albergaria, for questioning after Education Minister about the reasons that led the ministry to not advertise these results in the country.
“the statistics are the responsibility of the statistics Directorate General of Education and Science, which released at the time and in the manner that you understand how it is due, without direct intervention of protection, as is also due, “said James Brandão Rodrigues, expressing his” joy “by the results now released, although stressing whom the retention values are still” very high “in Portugal.
This is one of the reasons is the basis of academic success promotion program that the Ministry of Education intends to develop in the next academic year, based on action plans are now being drawn up by the schools, he said.
the Secretary of State Education, João Costa, expressed, for their part, concern that, seven years, about 10% of students being left behind, adding that it was this that led the ministry to introduce a calibration test 2. th grade, which will allow for a “diagnosis” of student learning, which may already be done this year, he said. The tests were not mandatory, but almost 60% of the schools decided to do it.
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