Portuguese Educational System

Portuguese Educational System

Agrupamento de Escolas Monsenhor Elísio Araújo

Portuguese Educacional System

Education in Portugal is regulated by the State through two ministries:

the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

There are: public schools private schools

• Basic education • Intermediate education• Secondary education• Higher education (university education)

For children between the age of 3 and 5.

Attendance is only optional for children from 3 to 4 years old.

Pre-school education

Provided in state-run schools (free of charge)

and private nursery schools.

Schools are known as “Jardins-de-Infância”

(Kindergartens).

Pre - school education

Aims:

Stimulate the capacities of children and encourage their development,

Contribute to their emotional stability,

Encourage them to observe the natural world and human society,

Help them develop a moral sense,

Promote integration in different social groups,

Develop expressive and communication skills,

Encourage hygienic and healthy habits,

Detect early signs of dysfunctions, handicaps or special gifts,

promoting good orientation and progress.

Is universal, compulsory and free of charge and

directed to children between 6 and 15 years of age.

Basic education

It lasts 9 years and is spread over 3 cycles:

1st cycle, lasting for 4 years - (grade 1, 2, 3 and 4)

(Primary / Elementary schools)

2nd cycle, lasting for 2 years - (grade 5 and 6)

3rd cycle, lasting for 3 years - (grade 7, 8 and 9)

(Junior High Schools)

A Diploma / Certificate is awarded at the end of the third stage

Basic education

Our school is an integrated junior high school

Our main building has the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle.

That is students from grade 1 to grade 9.

Our school is encharged and responsible for a large number of other small schools, which consists of:

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Pre-school education 18 classes

254children

Basic education 1 st cycle 30 classes

452students

PPRR

17 kindergartens

17 kindergartens

11 Primary schools

11 Primary schools


Junior high school

Basic education 2 nd cycle 11 classes233

students

Basic education 3 rd cycle 17 classes300

students

PPRR

130 teachers 55 Operating assistants

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1º Ciclo - 1st Cycle(Primary / Elementary schools)

Due to overloaded schools classes were from 8 am to1 pm

and others from 1 pm to 6 pm.

Educational centres are being constructed to reduce the

number of overloaded elementary schools.

Now, classes start at 9.00 am and finish at 5.30 pm.

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1º Ciclo - 1st Cycle(Primary / Elementary schools)

Compulsory subjects:

Portuguese Language

(Physical and Social)

Environment Study

Mathematics

Physical and Artistic Education

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Subjects like English, Musical Education,

among others are offered according to school resources

and are part of Enrichment Activities.

Personal and Social Education:

Project Area

Accompanied Study

Citizenship Education

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Junior High Schools (grade 5 to 9)

2º Ciclo - 2nd Cycle (grade 5 and 6)

Portuguese Language

Mathematics

History and Geography of Portugal

Foreign Language I / English or French (levels 1 and 2)

Natural Sciences

Visual and Technological Education (Arts and Crafts)

Physical Education

Musical Education

Personal and Social Development or Catholic (or other confessions)

Moral and Religious Education (facultative)

Project Area

Accompanished Study

Civic Education

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Junior High Schools (grade 5 to 9)

Students have an average of 3 or 4 classes per day of

90 minutes each and some of 45 minutes.

Two breaks in the morning and two in the afternoon.

School starts at 8.25 and finishes at 6.30 pm.

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3º Ciclo – 3rd Cycle (7th and 8th grades)

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• Portuguese Language

• Mathematics

• Foreign Language I / English or

French (levels 3 and 4)

• Foreig Language II / French,

Spanish, German or English

(levels 1 and 2)

• Natural Sciences

• History

• Geography

• Physics and Chemistry

• Visual Education (Arts)

• Another artistic subject

(Music, Theatre, Dance...)

• Technological Education

(Hand Works)

• Physical Education

• Personal and Social Development

or Catholic (or other confessions)

Moral and Religious Education

(Facultative)

• Project Area

• Accompanished Study

• Civic Education

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3º Ciclo – 3rd Cycle (9th grade)

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Same subjects, plus::

• Information and Communication Technologies.

• Option between Visual Education, Music/Theatre or Dance and

Technological Education. •.

For pupils who have completed basic education. Lasts for 3 years. Secondary regular education is arranged into:

Secondary education

General courses, designed mainly for

pupils who want secondary level

instruction, with a view to pursuing

higher education studies.

Technological courses,

designed mainly for pupils who

want an intermediate level

vocational qualification that will

give access to the labour market.

Leads to a diploma of secondary education and, in the case of technological courses, to a level 3 vocational qualification.

Courses in specialised artistic education are

administered in secondary education with the objective

of providing artistic training for the pursuit of studies and

vocational preparation in the visual arts, dance and

music, and encouraging individual and group artistic

practices.

Specialised artistic education

Recurrent (second-chance) education is a special type of schooling

which is available for those who did not complete secondary

education at the usual age of attendance (up to age 18). .

Recurrent secondary education

General courses and technical courses are provided in recurrent

secondary education in several fields. Technical courses, apart from the

diploma of secondary education, also lead to a level 3 vocational qualification.

Recurrent secondary education has the same objectives and leads to

the same diploma as regular secondary education, although it adopts

plans and methods appropriate for its target users. .

Vocational courses are provided in vocational training, a

special type of schooling, for those who have completed basic

education.

Vocational training

These courses last for 3 years and are administered in vocational schools

controlled by the Ministry of Education.

Vocational courses prepare the pupil for a professional activity

and lead to a level 3 vocational qualification certificate and a

diploma equivalent to the diploma of secondary education.

Post-secondary, non-higher courses known as technological

specialisation courses are taught in vocational training, mainly to those who

have the diploma of secondary education and a level 3 vocational qualification

and who want to acquire more scientific and technological knowledge in the field

of their basic vocational training. These courses also develop personal and

professional skills appropriate for working in the vocational qualification chosen

by the student.

Post-secondary, non-higher education

These courses last a total of 1200 to 1560 hours, including training in a work

context of 360 to 720 hours, and on completion a diploma in a technological

specialisation is attributed certifying level 4 vocational qualification.

Access

Access to higher education is subject to number restrictions

(numerus clausus) and admission is by competition.

Students may apply who hold a diploma of secondary education or

the equivalent, and who meet all the demands laid down by

law, particularly exams in specific subjects in which minimum

marks must be obtained.

Higher education

University education ensures a solid scientific

and cultural preparation and provides technical training

suitable for vocational and cultural work, encouraging the

skills for concept-building, innovation and critical analysis.

University education

a) Licenciado; bachelor’s degree

b ) Mestre; master’s degree

c ) Doutor. PhD or Doctorates degree

University education leads to the following degrees:

This teaching is administered in universities, organised, as laid down in

their statutes, in units that may adopt different names:

e.g. faculty, institute, school, department. University teaching can also be

administered in university colleges that are not integrated in universities,

which are usually specialised.

The national higher education system is fully integrated

into the European Higher Education Area since 2006.

Bologna process - Creates more comparable, compatible

and coherent systems of higher education in Europe. Under

the Lisbon Recognition Convention of the Council of Europe,

degrees and study periods are recognised mutually.

The Bologna Process was a European reform process aimed at establishing a

European Higher Education Area by 2010.

The reform aim was to create by 2010 a higher education system in Europe,

organised in such a way that:

it is easy to move from one country to the other (within the European Higher

Education Area) – for the purpose of further study or employment;

the attractiveness of European higher education is increased so many people

from non-European countries also come to study and/or work in Europe;

the European Higher Education Area provides Europe with a broad, high

quality and advanced knowledge base, and ensures the further development of

Europe as a stable, peaceful and tolerant community.

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