The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture announced today that the Government of the Azores will open next week 91 vacancies in the teaching staff for the school year 2017/2018.
 
Avelino Meneses spoke to journalists in Angra do Heroísmo, where he met with the Teachers' Union of the Azores, stressing that the Regional Government fulfils a commitment made during the recent revision of the Rules on the Teaching Application.
 
The Secretary for Education stressed that the first step towards the fulfilment of this commitment was taken today with the publication of the ordinance establishing the school teaching staff for Pre-School, Basic Education, Secondary Education and Artistic Education. Moreover, he highlighted the number of vacancies in the regional teaching staff under the Moral and Religious Education recruitment group for the next school year.
 
The opening notice is expected to be published next week. The launch of the application, which is subject to confirmation, should be published between May 22 and June 2, added Avelino Meneses.
 
The Regional Secretary pointed out that the 91 vacancies for the teaching staff correspond to what is regarded to be "the permanent needs of the regional education system, with special emphasis on Math and Portuguese. Both are structuring subjects in Elementary School" and a "preferential intervention area of ProSucesso, such as in Special Education because there is an "investment in the construction of a truly inclusive school."
 
Avelino Meneses also stated that, with the publication of this ordinance, the Government of the Azores created the recruitment group 120, which further strengthens the existence of English teachers in elementary school level.
 
The ordinance published today in the Official Journal sets out the teaching staff of school establishments. It should be revised in order to allow the adjustment of the number of vacancies to the fulfilment of permanent needs, namely those resulting, on the one hand, from the cessation of teacher tenure and, on the other hand, the fluctuation in the number of enrolled students. It also takes into consideration the number of consecutive fixed-term employment contracts during the last three school years; they exceeded teaching staff needs and were intended to the fulfilment of permanent needs.