The Minister of Education said on Tuesday that the family support program represents a “very great effort” and is a “good support” that comes at the right time for the start of the school year, a period in which families have “greater pressure”. .
I think that with this Families First program we have a good support, a very big effort to support families“, João Costa told reporters in Castelo Branco, on the sidelines of the solemn opening session of the school year, promoted by the local municipality.
Measures that have been announced to support families
“As this Tuesday I had the opportunity to listen to parents, support comes at an appropriate time at the beginning of the school year, when families are under greater pressure,” he stressed.
Because we have free school textbooks that did not exist, because we have the availability to provide computers to students, this relief in families has also been felt for some years, since the last two governments, “he added.
The prime minister presented on Monday a package of social support measures, with a global value of 2.4 billion euros, to mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of living on household income.
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Source: Observadora
