The problem is the bottoms. In Portugal there is no widespread shortage of teachers, to believe the words of the Minister of Education, this Wednesday, in a procedural hearing in Parliament. João Costa recalled that the Government is almost completing its 100-day mandate (what was once recognized as the grace period), but the opposition focused on the fact that the minister was part of the Education team for seven consecutive years. . Although the lines of thought of the opposition and the government do not intersect even in infinity, the minister, former Secretary of State, made a balance of the measures that have been taken to face the approaching tsunami (and in which the water recedes towards the horizon). The lack of teachers in schools, the problem about which the guardianship has been alerted by everyone in recent years, was the focus of João Costa’s intervention.
“The Portuguese education system, unlike what is happening in other countries, still does not face a general shortage of professionals,” the minister guaranteed. The basis of the argument? During the school year, around 27,000 shifts were placed in substitutions, therefore, “there were 27 thousand professionals available at different times”argued the minister.
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Source: Observadora
