Confap, which represents the associations of parents of students, is defending significant changes to the Portuguese school calendar. The main proposal is to shorten the summer holidays, the currently longest period of school break, and to introduce more interruptions throughout the school year.
These changes aim to align the Portuguese model with what is practiced in Northern European countries, where students have more frequent and distributed breaks throughout the year, instead of a single prolonged holiday period.
Confap argues that this organization of the school year would be beneficial for students, potentially improving academic performance and student well-being throughout the school period.
However, school principals have expressed opposition to these proposals, showing dissatisfaction with the idea of reducing summer holidays and adding more interruptions to the school calendar.
