Informação: Vasco Cordeiro highlights tranquillity at the beginning of the new school year
The President of the Government highlighted today the absolute tranquillity at the beginning of the new school year 2017/2018 in the Azores. This situation is partly due to the timely placement of the necessary teachers in various regional schools. "The first idea that I would like to share with you and that demonstrates the beginning of this school year is the idea tranquillity in a series of pr... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses highlights efforts and responsibility of Canto da Maia school community
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture highlighted in Ponta Delgada "the responsibility and the effort" of the school community of Canto da Maia Basic Education School. Avelino Meneses spoke at the end of a visit to the new building of Canto da Maia School on the island of São Miguel. He stressed that during "a long school year" the school community was able to carry out their acti... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores maintains "Estagiar L" Programme open to young nurses
The Regional Secretary for Health assured yesterday that the "Estagiar L" programme will remain the same way when it was implemented in 1998. "We are talking about a professional traineeship and not a curricular traineeship. At University, nutritionists, psychologists and nurses have a strong practical component during their degree, but we are talking about another reality, that is, professional ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government invests in the consolidation of entrepreneurial education with training of more teachers
The Regional Director for Youth, Lúcio Rodrigues, stressed today the importance of the "Entrepreneurial Education: The Path to Success" programme. Throughout these eight editions, it has covered about 19 thousand students from 60 regional schools and provided entrepreneurial training to 301 teachers. This represents an investment over 500 thousand Euros," which are "still consolidating." L... Mais >>

Informação: Rui Bettencourt highlights importance of young people with expertise in European affairs
The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations highlighted today the need and importance of "young people with expertise in international relations and European affairs." Rui Bettencourt spoke on occasion of the announcement of the allocation of "José Medeiros Ferreira" scholarship for 2017. He also spoke during the public session for the signing of the scholarship... Mais >>

Informação: Azorean Government distinguished by "good practices" in reusing schoolbooks
The Government of the Azores has been recognised by the Reutilizar.org Movement for "good practices" in reusing school books, namely by creating and financing a loan system for schoolbooks accessible to all students. The certificate was signed by Henrique Trigueiros Cunha, a spokesperson for the movement. It was presented to the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture in Porto during the deba... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores praises positive results of community intervention in promoting school success
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture highlighted today the "considerable success" achieved by the educational and community intervention project, designated as "An Ecological Approach to Promoting School Success," which took place over the last year in Lagoa and Água de Pau, São Miguel Island. Avelino Meneses spoke at the conference "Community Intervention and Educational Suc... Mais >>

Informação: Final 9th form marks in Portuguese and Math rose in the Azores compared to 2016
The final marks achieved by 9th form school students in Azores in the final Portuguese and Math exams rose compared to 2016, according to data revealed by IAVE - Institute for Teaching Assessment. As for the Portuguese exam, a total of 2,181 students took the exam in the 1st phase and the average mark stood at 52.6%, which represents an increase of 1.08% over the average registered in the previou... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Secretary for Education and Culture restates that Corvo students will have meals in the next school year
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture restated in Horta that Corvo students will have meals prepared and served by the local "Santa Casa da Misericórdia" in the beginning of next school year." Avelino Meneses spoke Tuesday at the Legislative Assembly during a debate on the construction of a cafeteria and a canteen in Mouzinho da Silveira Basic Education and Secondary School. The go... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Directorate for Education promotes 3D animation workshop on Terceira Island
The Regional Directorate for Education, with the support of Terceira Youth and Arts Academy and Tomás de Borba Basic Education and Secondary School, promotes a 3D animation workshop in the end of July. The activity will be conducted by Paulo Neves and is directed to young people aged between 12 to 18. It will be held on July 24 and 25 at Terceira Youth and Arts Academy in Praia da Vitór... Mais >>