Informação: Government awards construction works of Azores Maritime School
The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Secretariat for the Sea, Science and Technology, has awarded the contract work for the construction of the Azores Maritime School in the former Horta Naval Radio Station on Faial to the company Afavias – Engenharia e Construções – Açores, S.A. A four-million Euro investment, the work includes the adaptation of the existi... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for Sport delivers trophies at 15th Azorean Sports Gala on Terceira Island
The Regional Director for Sport will deliver the trophies awarded to personalities, organisations and athletes from Terceira at the 15th Azorean Sports Gala in Praia da Vitória. At the ceremony, which takes place at Terceira Youth and Arts Academy, António Gomes will deliver the "Media" award in the "Media Bodies" category to "Diário Insular” newspaper and in the "Journalist" ... Mais >>

Informação: Azorean students interview writer Mia Couto
Mozambican writer Mia Couto, who has been in the Azores since the end of April, participates in a meeting with junior high and secondary school students on Terceira Island next Friday, May 6, under ProSucesso - Regional Reading Plan. The meeting will begin at 10 Am at the António Dacosta Auditorium of Tomás de Borba Basic Education and Secondary School in Angra do Heroísmo. Mia Cout... Mais >>

Informação: Entrepreneurial Education Programme - The Path to Success already involved the participation of 13 thousand students in the Azores
Throughout six editions, the programme Entrepreneurial Education - The Path to Success involved the participation of nearly 500 teachers and 13,000 students from 45 schools across the archipelago, representing a total investment of the Government amounting to 450 thousand Euros. This programme is directed to students of all levels of education - basic education, secondary school and vocational tr... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Phase of National Reading Competition marks World Book and Copyright Day in the Azores
Students Marta Rosa, from Francisco Ferreira Drummond Basic Education School (Terceira), and André Costa, from Manuel Arriaga Secondary School (Faial) won the Regional Phase of the National Reading Competition 2015/2016 in the Junior High School and Secondary School levels, respectively. Students Valeria Gomes and Margarida Cordeiro, from Madalena Basic Education and Secondary School (Pico),... Mais >>

Informação: Special teaching application to fill 101 vacancies in the Azores
The third and final special internal and external teaching application for the school year 2016/2017 will fill 101 vacancies in the Regional Educational System. The deadline for submission of applications starts today and takes place until May 6. The special internal and external teaching application was created by the Regional Legislative Decree no.8/2014/A of June 23 for the integration of teac... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses restates Government's availability to promote revision of teaching application
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture restated in Angra do Heroísmo the Government's availability to promote the revision of the teaching application, after an assessment to be carried out during the summer. "Last month, at the end of a party conference, the President of the Government announced the assessment to the three special teaching applications after the conclusion of the p... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses states that increasing reading is "priority" in the fight against school failure
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Praia da Vitória that the increase of reading "is a priority" for the Government of the Azores in the fight against school failure. Avelino Meneses spoke in an open lecture on the life and work of Azorean writer Daniel de Sá delivered by Dionísio de Sousa. The government official stressed this priority with the fact that the... Mais >>

Informação: "Azores - Autonomy and Europe" contest selected teams to participate in Europe Day celebrations
The teams that will represent the Azores in Europe Day celebrations to be held on the island of São Jorge on May 9 have already been selected through the contest "Azores - Autonomy and Europe 1976/1986/2016." Launched earlier this year, this multimedia work contest featured the participation of 11 teams from 10 secondary and vocational training schools, whose works were evaluated taking into ... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses expects new evaluation of teachers to enter into force in the next school year
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Ponta Delgada that expects the new rules on the evaluation of teachers and school boards in the archipelago will enter into force in the school year 2016/2017. Avelino Meneses spoke to journalists during a new round of discussions with teachers' unions on this subject. According to him, the approval of the regional implementing decree fol... Mais >>