The Attorney General’s Office (PGO) approved and sent this Thursday to the Ministry of Education a government-requested opinion on the legality of the school strike model, the PGO said.
“The Advisory Board of the General Prosecutor’s Office approved on February 9, 2023, the opinion requested by the Ministry of Education, which was transferred to a consulting organization authorized to make decisions on its disclosure and further sequence,” he added. this Thursday PGR in response to Lusa.
The Ministry of Education confirmed to Lusa that it had received the opinion and declined to comment, noting that the text of the PGR was being analyzed.
On January 11, the Ministry of Education said it had requested a legal opinion from PGR on the legality of the way the teachers’ strikes called by the Union of All Educational Workers (STOP) and the Independent Union of Teachers and Educational Workers (SIPE) were conducted at the time.
The Ministry of Education at that time moved forward, which at the same time requested an opinion from the State Center for Legal Competence (YURISAPP).
STOP began an indefinite strike on December 9 with strike notices until February 24.
SIPE also called for a partial strike during the first week of Term 2, which was decided to be extended until February by trade unions, including SIPE and the National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof).
In addition to a set of old problems related to teaching careers and general working conditions, teachers are also challenging some of the proposals presented by the Ministry of Education as part of the negotiation process to review the recruitment and placement regime, which is still ongoing.
However, Minister Joao Costa has already arrived to clarify some of these issues, assuring, for example, that the recruitment of teachers will not be transferred to local authorities and that it will continue to be carried out on the basis of professional graduation, as well as abandoning the intention to allow directors to choose 30% of their teachers.
In January, the National Confederation of Parents’ Associations (Confap) said the government should “immediately introduce minimum services” given the teachers’ strikes and their duration.
Confap also raised concerns about the normal functioning of schools and the evaluation of students in the face of teachers’ strikes, not questioning the legality of the strikes, but questioning the forms taken by the teachers, such as the first shift strike, among others. .
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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