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Minister admits harm to students of the 2nd phase

Observador1 September 2026 at 19:12

Education Minister Fernando Alexandre acknowledged that there are harms for students who apply to higher education through the second application phase. The situation is due to delays in grading the digital exams taken in the first phase.

According to the article, these delays mainly affect the 10% of students who enter higher education through the second phase. These students depend on the exam results from the first phase in order to apply during this phase of the higher education admissions process.

Fernando Alexandre publicly admitted that this situation represents a concrete problem for the students affected, although the article does not detail what measures are planned to minimize the impact of these delays.

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