The National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof) estimates that as many as 15,000 second grade assessment tests were administered in hundreds of schools due to the teachers’ strike on Tuesday.
After the Portuguese language exam on Thursday, it was the turn of the 2nd year students on Tuesday to take the math exams, but many of them did not take place due to a stop for which there was no minimum set of services.
A statement from Fenprof, which is part of a platform of nine trade unions calling for a strike, notes that about 15,000 students failed the test, as happened last week.
For the federation, the merger registered in two days confirms “that the teachers, as they say, do not want to stop fighting.”
“There were also cases when tests were not carried out for technical reasons, as well as by the decision of parents who, not agreeing with these tests, did not allow their children and students to take them,” the message says.
This year, assessments were taken digitally by all students, including the youngest. The measure was challenged by teachers, directors and parents, who believe that children do not yet have enough independence for such a format.
In addition to the strike over assessment tests, the union platform is also on strike over 3rd cycle final tests and national secondary education exams which started on Monday with minimal services.
The teachers are on strike to reclaim their frozen remaining service life, which equates to six years, six months and 23 days.
This morning, Secretary General Fenprof has already said that in the absence of answers from the Ministry of Education to the problems of teachers, the struggle of teachers will continue in the next academic year.
“Next school year will be like this or even more [intenso]. There was everything this year: demonstrations, strikes, camps, caravans, concentrations. What was missing was answers and decisions from the ministry,” Mario Nogueira told Lusa at the Nuno Alvares Primary School in Carregal do Sal, in the Viseu district, where more than 300 tests remain.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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