The PS general secretary said this Monday that he wants to encourage retired teachers to teach in order to respond to the current needs of public schools, similar to what he already proposes for doctors.
“Although we cannot have the teachers we need, we will encourage those who have already retired so that they can still teach so that we can try to meet the needs of our school today for teachers,” said Pedro Nuno Santos. .
The PS leader spoke to a packed house at the Pavilhão dos Olivais in Coimbra, with several people standing and watching the speeches, among tables where several supporters are now dining. According to the PS, 1,400 people registered for the rally.
In this speech, Pedro Nuno Santos stated that education should continue to be a “renewed passion for PS”, given that this is where “equality between men and women among the Portuguese people” comes into play.
“It also starts with those who have dedicated themselves to teaching careers, and we want to value, honor and honor those who have dedicated their lives to teaching others. It is very important for us to have teachers who feel motivated and respected in Portugal,” he highlighted.
According to the leader of the PS, “this is the case in any profession: in any profession we do our work better when we feel that we are valued and respected.”
“And if the state demands that the private sector, private companies – and rightly so – honor the contract that they have with their workers, the state should be the first to set an example: the state must honor the contract that applies to its own workers,” he said, once again defending the full reinstatement of teachers’ seniority in four years.
On the other hand, the PS leader also stated that he wants teaching to be more attractive so that young people look at teaching as a career “as a career for the future.”
“That’s why we want to increase pay rates at entry levels, improve careers, make careers more attractive so that more young people want to dedicate their lives to teaching our children, our children, our grandchildren,” he stressed.
Pedro Nuno subsequently stated that “the focus remains on the students,” stressing that PS wants students who have had their school careers affected during the pandemic to have “individualized learning recovery plans.”
Among the various measures he presented for the education sector, the PS leader highlighted, in particular, free kindergarten for all children, as well as “universal, free and compulsory” pre-school education, as well as ensuring that tuition fees are gradually reduced until they disappear. .
In this speech in the city of students, Pedro Nuno Santos once again defended his idea of state support for strategic sectors of the economy and gave an example of the specifics of Coimbra.
“It’s not us in our offices who will choose, but obviously we can foresee biotech that sets this region apart from many parts of the world, nanotech, complex industrial equipment, healthcare… Cutting-edge industries that can drag the rest of the economy,” he explained.
At the beginning of his speech, Pedro Nuno Santos turned to Ana Abruñosa, head of the PS list for Coimbra and current Minister of Territorial Cohesion, to emphasize that she was one of the people he most enjoyed working with because she is “a woman who works He who achieves, who achieves, does not give up.”
“Push, pull, insist. And that’s why we have an excellent working relationship, it’s public, everyone knows, because we had the same goal, which was to do this, to achieve this, we didn’t stop, we didn’t give up,” he emphasized He.
At the entrance to the rally, Pedro Nuno Santos refused to comment on the interview of Chega leader Andre Ventura to the RTP agency, in which he stated that the “living forces of the PSD” want an agreement with Chega after the legislative elections, so the right will rule if you have a majority, even if the socialists win.
“This is confusion, and this is exactly the kind of confusion I don’t want for the country,” responded the Socialist leader.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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