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Portugal

Country brief

Country name: Portugal 
Please estimate the number of children in school (age 3-19) in your country:  

1.613.371

Please estimate the number of school drop-outs in your country in the school year 2019/2020: 

10,6%

Please estimate the average number of school drop-outs per year in the 5 school years previous to school year 2019/2020? 

11.8% (2018); 12.6% (2017); 14% (2016); 13,7% (2015)

Did National exams or evaluation methods take place in academic year 2019/2020? And if so, for which levels? 

Only some (please name) – Those that are mandatory to be candidate to High Education.

If national exams or evaluation methods did not take place, what is the replacement solution? 

Intern evaluation.

If schools resumed before the summer of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which? 

Year groups that have national exames for acces to High Education (end of 12th grade).

When school resumed in the Autumn of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which?

No. All groups strated school on time in all levels of education with presencial classes.

Access to education 

What were the primary modes of learning implemented during the Covid-19 School closures?
  • Online
  • Pick-up/Send paper materials
  • TV
  • Radio
Were the above measures put into place at a policy (national or regional level) or by schools and teachers?
  • Policy (national or regional) level
Please estimate Number or percentage of children in school (age 3-19) with access to: 
  • high-speed internet – 70% 
  • basic internet – 90%
  • TV – 100% 
  • Radio – N/A 
  • Computer, tablet or smart phone they could use during the day – 72%
What translation/interpretation resources/services are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level? 

Most schools used the school platforms to online classes: GoogleTeams, f.e. Nevertheless, this question is unlcear. What it is meant by translationn/interpretation? To another language considering migrants?

What special or exceptional learning need supports are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level? 

Some schools/municipalities created online platforms with educational resources.

 

////NOTE: An important note regarding the item on measures put in place at policy level or by schools and teachers please consider both options as for TV was policy level, but the other were schools, municipalities and teachers.