Information: Open lecture on Daniel de Sá by Dionísio de Sousa under Regional Reading Plan
Dionísio de Sousa, former President of the Legislative Assembly and scholar of the life and work of Daniel de Sá, delivers an Open Lecture on this Azorean writer next Thursday, April 21. Held under the Regional Reading Plan, this initiative will take place at Vitorino Nemésio Secondary School in Praia da Vitória at 10 AM. Dionísio de Sousa is the author the work titled &... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses highlights pioneering work of the Azores to dignify teachers
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stressed at the Legislative Assembly in Horta the pioneering work of the Azores in dignifying the teaching profession. Avelino Meneses spoke on screening of the health conditions of teachers working in the archipelago. He recalled that, during the revision of the Teaching Career Statute, "the recognition of the physical and mental wear of the teachi... more >>

Information: Education requires cooperation of all, says Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Culture and Education defended in Horta that education "requires the cooperation of all" and, therefore, he regretted that the opposition "devalues its potential the construction of the future and privileges the reckoning with the past." Avelino Meneses spoke at the Legislative Assembly during the questioning of the Government on education. Bearing in mind the future of ... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses restates Government's commitment to fight against school failure
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture restated in Flores the Government's commitment in the fight against school failure, considered to be the "main scourge" of the Regional Education System, and the need to establish a pact of Education. "School failure is and remains the main scourge of the Regional Education System because we start from very low levels, given the isolation and abando... more >>

Information: Regional Government amends rules of "Daniel de Sá", "António Dacosta" and "Paulo Gouveia" cultural prizes
The rules of cultural prizes "Daniel de Sá", "António Dacosta" and "Paulo Gouveia" have been amended by decision of the Council of the Government, according to the Resolutions published today in the Official Journal. These resolutions provide that, exceptionally, the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture should appoint, up to April 15, 2016, the juries for the assessment of the wo... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses defends pact of Education for the country
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture defended today the need to establish a pact of Education at national level in order to guarantee "the commitment of politics and the politicians." "The presence of students, the indispensability of teachers and collaboration of families require the establishment of a pact on Education in order to guarantee the commitment of politics and politicians,... more >>

Information: Government of the Azores supports recovery of sentry box of São Sebastião Fort on Faial
The Government of the Azores, through the Regional Secretariat for Education and Culture, will proceed with a project to recover the sentry box of São Sebastião Fort in Porto Pim, Faial Island. The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture visited today the site and was accompanied by the Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science and Technology and the President of the Village Council o... more >>

Information: Regional Secretary for Education and Culture highlights "consortium" between Regional School Sports and ProSucesso
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Angra do Heroísmo that 27th edition of the School Sports Games is the result of the consortium between the Regional School Sports project and the programme for the promotion of school success, ProSucesso - Azores for Education. With the 2016 edition of school games, which takes place on six islands of the archipelago over the next two... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses highlights simplification of evaluation for teachers and school boards
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Angra do Heroísmo that the evaluation process of teachers and school boards, now under negotiation with the unions, following the amendments to the Teaching Career Statute in force in the Azores since October. According to him, it is "simpler and more effective." Avelino Meneses spoke to journalists at the end of a meeting with one of... more >>

Information: Applications for support to infrastructures for cultural activities run until November 15
The deadline for the submission of applications for the support to the acquisition, remodelling, improvement, expansion or construction of infrastructures for cultural activities ends on November 15. The deadline was released through an order of the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture published today in the Official Journal. It is in compliance with the provisions in regional legislation,... more >>