Information: Contract work for rehabilitation of Airport Cinema on Santa Maria has been authorised by the Court of Auditors
The Court of Auditors - Azores Section has authorised the contract work for the rehabilitation of the Airport Cinema on the island of Santa Maria. According to an order issued by the Regional Secretariat for Education and Culture already published in the Official Journal, this work has a price of four million Euros and a completion period of 540 days. The contract work falls within the intervent... more >>

Information: Contract work for renewal works of Capelas Basic Education School on São Miguel has been authorised by the Court of Auditors
The Court of Auditors - Azores Section has already authorised the contract work for the renewal of Capelas Basic Education School building on the island of São Miguel. The awarding of the contract work and the beginning of the works will take place within a maximum period of 30 days after the assessment and approval of the Safety and Health Plan, which will be now submitted by the contractor... more >>

Information: Azores mark International Women's Day
The Azores will mark the International Women's Day on Thursday, March 8, with a session at the Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archive in a joint initiative of the Regional Secretariats for Social Solidarity and Education and Culture. During the day, the book entitled "Dos privilégios e praerogativas q ho género feminino te por dereito comu & ordenações do reyno mais... more >>

Information: Regional Secretary for Education and Culture establishes Executive Committee of the Network of Museums and Visiting Collections of the Azores
The Executive Committee of the Network of Museums and Visiting Collections of the Azores was formally established by order of the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture published today in the Official Journal. According to the order issued by Avelino Meneses, the Network of Museums and Visiting Collections of the Azores is "an organised system based on voluntary membership." It is aimed at ... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses highlights developments achieved in education in the Azores
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture highlighted in Horta the "giants steps" that have been taken in education over the last decades, through the construction of many schools, the training of teachers, the improvement of schooling rate and the eradication of traditional school dropout. Avelino Meneses pointed out that, despite "the major or minor developments, but always continuous," t... more >>

Information: Regional school ranking shows slight improvements
The data published today by the media regarding the exams taken by Azorean students who attended school in the school year 2016/2017 show slight improvements compared to the previous year, namely in Basic Education. At this level of education, three schools now register a positive education: Colégio do Castanheiro School, Flores Basic Education and Secondary School and Antero de Quental Secon... more >>

Information: Teaching of Mathematics reveals "encouraging" results in the Azores, says Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stressed in Ponta Delgada the achievement of "encouraging results" regarding the teaching of Mathematics in the Azores in the last two years. Avelino Meneses spoke at the prize-delivery ceremony of the 8th Regional Championship of Mathematical Games. The government official stressed that the Azores registered in the school years 2015-2016 and 2016-... more >>

Information: Azores to have archaeological risk charter, announces Avelino Meneses
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture revealed in Ponta Delgada that the Azores will now have archaeological risk charters for the sites classified as being of public interest. Avelino Meneses who was heard by the Committee on Social Affairs of the Legislative Assembly about the proposal to amend the legal scheme on the management of archaeological heritage. He informed that the change... more >>

Information: Avelino Meneses says teachers should be involved in "constant" updating of knowledge
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Ponta Delgada that teachers have to keep up with the "changes" in knowledge, defending the importance of continuous training. Avelino Meneses spoke at the end of the opening session of the training course on "School monitoring and (self)regulation: analysis and projection of results in classes with analogous context. On the occasion, the... more >>

Information: Regional Government allocates 58 thousand Euros to support international participation of Azorean teams in table tennis and volleyball competitions
The Government of the Azores will allocate an amount over 58 thousand Euros to support the participation of the sports groups of Juncal Social Centre and Salão Recreativo dos Toledos, Fonte do Bastardo Youth Association and Kairós Club in international competitions. According to the Resolution published in the Official Journal, the support is aimed at the participation in international ... more >>