The coordinator of the Left Bloc, José Manuel Pureza, criticized on Saturday the Ministry of Education for repeating every year the same empty message about the lack of teachers in schools. Pureza used the expression "same old story" to describe what he considers to be an insufficient and repetitive response from the government faced with a structural problem in the education sector. The criticism arises in the context of a significant number of students who find themselves without assigned teachers. The Left Bloc party has been drawing attention to this situation, considering that the executive does not present concrete solutions to resolve the problem of teacher scarcity in Portuguese schools.
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José Manuel Pureza criticizes Government's "same old story" faced with "so many students without teachers"
Notícias de Coimbra12 September 2026 at 17:02
Why this matters
This issue directly affects Portuguese students and families who face the reality of classes without a homeroom teacher, as well as teachers who see their profession devalued. Pureza's criticism is part of a broader political debate about the management of the education system and the government's ability to fulfill its annual promises to resolve the problem.
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