This Friday, the Education Minister called on unions to be more understanding and less intransigent in their stance, reminding students to return to school with greater peace of mind.
“If we think about students, especially given all the consequences of the pandemic, we must all make an effort and be able, even if we disagree, to continue working,” João Costa told Sic. Notícias, emphasizing: “In negotiations, we need to take a position not of intransigence, but of greater understanding.”
Asked if he thought the teachers were being intransigent, the government official replied that “the teachers’ demands from the first day are the same as they were from the last day.”
João Costa insisted on the need to avoid harming students, alluding to teachers’ strikes, saying we cannot allow into schools “students who come nervous, not knowing what they will find.”
Asked about the controversial posters that have accompanied some teachers’ demonstrations, the minister called them “ugly from an aesthetic point of view” and said that “most teachers don’t see themselves in them.”
“This is a small group that goes from country to country with tasteless posters that incite hatred and violence and set a bad example for students,” he said, adding that “they do not represent the teachers’ protest.”
“There is a lot of dissatisfaction, but there is also recognition of the steps taken,” he said.
Regarding the request of the President of the Republic for a quick solution to educational problems, João Costa acknowledged that there are issues that cannot be resolved overnight and assured that the Ministry of Education has created “a machine that allows many questions to be answered throughout the weeks.” hundreds of schedules.”
The teacher shortage is recognized as a growing problem as pensions have risen, but a government official recalled that “there are measures that will come into force next year, with more competition”. These measures “will allow, for example in Lisbon, schools in close proximity, where there are small timetables, to exchange timetables.”
This year, he noted, there has been a “return to normalcy” in terms of school aid reuse, something that has not happened since 2020.
João Costa justified the cessation of reuse in the first years of study (1st cycle) by the low rates achieved.
“We analyzed the level of reuse in the 1st cycle and saw that in the 1st and 2nd years the level of reuse was very low due to the nature of the manuals, which are manuals in which students write more,” said he, adding that this year the 4th cycle This year also saw the introduction of new manuals, and the data collected allowed us to conclude that in the third year of training there was also very little reuse.
“This leads us to realize that reuse at a higher rate is not practical. [de reutilização] it’s very little,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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