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Inclusive Education: "School is built with people, not just laws. Teachers don't reject teaching, they reject overload"

SAPO Notícias15 September 2026 at 07:17

With the start of a new school year, Inclusive Education is once again one of the main concerns of teachers, directors, and unions in Portugal. Despite the revision of the legal framework that aims to regulate inclusive education, professionals in the field argue that the outlined objectives remain far from being achieved.

The main obstacle pointed out is the persistent lack of human resources in schools. Professionals report that there is a significant shortage of special education teachers, psychologists, therapists, and other specialized technicians, which compromises the capacity to respond to students' needs.

Unions emphasize that school is built with people and not just laws, warning that teachers do not reject teaching, but rather the workload resulting from the scarcity of resources. This overload directly affects the quality of inclusion of students with specific needs.

For the unions, the new school year should represent a structural change, which should be based on strengthening human resources and improving working conditions in schools, so that educational inclusion truly works in practice.

Why this matters

The article directly affects teachers, students with specific needs, and their families in Portuguese schools. Readers face daily the problems of lack of specialized human resources, which impacts the quality of support provided and teachers' working conditions. This situation arises following the revision of the inclusive education legal framework, making it clear that legislation alone does not solve the structural problems of the system. WHY: Teachers, students with special needs, and their families in Portugal face the consequences of insufficient specialized staff like special education teachers, psychologists, and therapists, directly impacting the quality of support and working conditions in schools. This follows the recent revision of inclusive education law, showing that legislation alone cannot address the structural shortages in the education system.

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