The secretary-general of PS, José Luís Carneiro, admitted this Monday in Matosinhos to request a parliamentary inquiry committee to investigate the problems in the Education sector in Portugal. The school year began with hundreds of students without placement, something Carneiro classified as "very serious," stating it is "the first time it happens in public school that children arrive at the start of the school year and don't have a school."
The Socialist Party submitted a set of questions to the Government about the dismantling of various structures of the Ministry of Education, including the General Directorate of Education. The responses are being analyzed to verify whether they proceed with the inquiry committee or not, as they had already assumed in July.
Carneiro pointed to the dismantling of DGeste as one of the explanations for the situation, noting that this structure was responsible for monitoring the application processes, clarifying schools and providing service counters for school principals. The socialist leader also criticized the transfer of functions to private companies and the lack of planning that led the Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, to convene an urgent meeting with school directors.
When asked about the resignation of Minister Fernando Alexandre, Carneiro defended that responsibilities must first be determined and assumed by those who must assume them, stating that "the responsible party is the Minister of Education and, as is evident, the ultimate responsible party is the Prime Minister."
