The National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof) reported that there are still 2,650 school-offered schedules to be filled, corresponding to more than 50,000 teaching hours. The situation was made public just days before the start of the school year.
Fenprof warned about this situation as a persistent problem, suggesting that the lack of teachers continues to be a reality in the Portuguese education system.
The union expressed concern about the impact this situation could have on the start of the school year, since thousands of teaching hours will remain without a designated teacher in a short period of time.
Schools thus face the challenge of covering these hours before the start of classes, which may compromise the normal functioning of the school year.
