Informação: Azores register positive results in seven subjects in the 1st phase of national secondary school exams
According to data released today by the Educational Evaluation Institute (IAVE), the Azores registered positive results in seven of the 21 subjects in the first phase of the national secondary school exams. The Region registered once again positive results in English, German, Drawing, Latin and the Portuguese for Foreign Students and this year the results were also positive in History and Culture ... Mais >>

Informação: Average results of 9th form exams drop in Portuguese and improve in Math in the Azores
The results scored by Azorean 9th form students in the final Portuguese exam registered a similar trend to what has been recorded in the national context, with a slight decline compared to the average mark of last year. According to the results released today by the Educational Evaluation Institute (IAVE), the average mark of the Portuguese exam taken by 2,192 Azorean students stood at 51.52%, re... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses confirms that teaching of themes and contents on the Azores starts in the academic year 2016/2017
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Ponta Delgada that in the world of globalisation, "the discovery, protection and dissemination of an identity are an asset that ensures moral superiority and natural progress." Avelino Meneses spoke at the opening of the training course for middle school teachers on History, Geography and Culture of the Azores. The government official conv... Mais >>

Informação: Portugal's success depends on the investment in education of youth, defends Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture defended today in Angra do Heroísmo that Portugal's success "depends on the investment" in the "education of youth." Avelino Meneses spoke at the National Conference "Dream Teens: the 'voice' of youth in the Azores." He pointed out that in order to achieve professional success, "reading, writing and counting was enough decades ago," adding that... Mais >>

Informação: Rodrigo Oliveira announces awarding of "José Medeiros Ferreira" scholarship to Azorean student
The Regional Under Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations announced today the awarding of "José Medeiros Ferreira" for the academic year 2016/2017 to Henrique Cordeiro Fonseca, a 23-year old young man from Ribeira Grande on São Miguel Island. "It is with great satisfaction that I can announce that, once again, one of the Azorean applicants was selected in the difficult admiss... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses says math results in elementary school are "very encouraging"
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture conveyed today his satisfaction with the results achieved by Azorean 1st form students in Math. Avelino Meneses spoke during the training course on "Re...think the Teaching of Math: Dynamics in the Promotion of School Success." He stressed that the results achieved in the first year of the implementation of the "Prof DA" project, teachers specialis... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses highlights importance of financial education in the training of citizens
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated today that, only with "responsible citizens, it is possible to "properly manage" their own lives and "create the foundations for the progress towards the whole society." Speaking to journalists at the end of the opening session of the training course "Benchmark for Financial Education," Avelino Meneses reiterated that, in addition scientists ... Mais >>

Informação: OTLJ programme involves this year 3,100 young people in the Azores
The Youth Free Time Occupation Programme - OTLJ starts Monday its activities. It will be held in the months of July and August and involves the participation of 3,151 young people, i.e., 334 more participants compared to the previous year. The initiative represents a global investment over 440 thousand Euros. As for the overall investment in all sub-programmes of OTLJ 2016, including "Young Stude... Mais >>

Informação: 2016/2017 school year starts on September 14 in the Azores, announced Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture announced today that the school year 2016/2017 will start on September 14 in the Azores, with the Day of ProSucesso; classes will start on the following day. Avelino Meneses spoke at the beginning of the meeting of the Standing Committee of Public School Establishments, the last of this body to be in the current legislative period. The government o... Mais >>

Informação: "Route of the 20" involved 70 eco-schools and all municipalities of the Azores
The "Route of the 20," which marks two decades of implementation of this programme in Portugal, began in January and involved, over the past five months, about seventy schools and all municipalities in the Region. Promoted by the Regional Government and the European Blue Flag Association (ABAE), the initiative began on January 20 on S. Miguel Island, with the delivery ceremony of the Eco-Schools a... Mais >>