1. Kinds of Teaching

1.1. Public Education

1.2. Private Education

1.3. Home Teaching

2. Access

2.1. Registration

2.2. School choice (at registration)

3. Classes Constitution

4. Schedules

5. Financial support for students

6. Number of years for each level of schooling

6.1. Basic School

6.2. Secondary

6.2.1. Courses

6.3. Post Secondary Courses

6.4. Adult Education

7. Assessment of learning

7.1. Exams

8. University Teaching / Polytechnic

8.1. Access

9. Statistics

9.1. Dropout rates

9.2. Retention rates

9.3. Completion rate

9.4. Attendance rates

9.5. Ratio teachers / students

10. TEACHING CAREER STATUS

10.1. Access to the career ( requirements)

10.2. Staff (public servants, contract…)

10.3. Structure of teaching career

10.4. Teaching component

10.5. Evaluation of the performance

1.1. Public Education (free)

1.2. Private Education (some are free

because they have one protocol with

government and others are totally

paied by parents)

1.3. Home Teaching (domestic –

students should make public and

national exams)

2.1. Registration and school choice

Each parent can choose the school and its made when children goes to the pre-school,1st grade and secondary school (near home or work)

Classes 1st, 2nd, 3th and 4th grade - 26

students

Classes of 1st Cycle of basic education

only involving students from more than

two years of schooling, are18 students

Classes of 5th to 12th - 26 - 30 students

Classes with children with special needs -

20 students (no more than 2 students)

Pré-scholar – 9:00H-12:00H;13:30H-15:30H

1st-4th grade - 9:00H-12:00H;13:30H-15:30H

5th -9th grade –8:30H-16:50H (34 periods of

45 minutes) Wednesday afternoon free at

least

Each student have financial suportaccording their parents income

Level A – 100% meals and books

Level B – 50% meals and books

Level C – 0%

Each year the manuals value differsaccording government rules

LEVEL GRADE AGE

PRE SCHOOLAR LEVEL From 3 to 5 years

FIRST CICLE 1º

2º

3º

4º

From 6 to 9

Second cicle 5º

6º

From 10 to 11

Third Cicle 7º

8º

9º

From 12 to 15

Secondary Level 10º

11º

12º

From 15 to 17

University

6.1. Basic School

LEVEL GRADE AGE

PRE SCHOOLAR LEVEL From 3 to 5 years

FIRST CICLE 1º

2º

3º

4º

From 6 to 9

Second cicle 5º

6º

From 10 to 11

Third Cicle 7º

8º

9º

From 12 to 15

6.2. Secondary

Secondary is 10th, 11th and 12th grade

6.2.1. Courses

Regular way (scientific, humanities…)

Professional Courses (3 Years-12th grade)

6.3. Post Secondary Courses

6.4. Adult Education

CNO are New Opportunities Centers

dedicated to certificate skills to adults (6th,

9th and 12th level)

EFA (Adults Education and Formation)-

Courses that give adults the 6th, 9th and 12th

level diploma (2 or 3 years)

7.1. Exams

4th

6th

9th

12th (University access)

8.1. Access

Depends on the results of the 12th

exams (restricted number of

attendance)

9.1. Dropout rates

9.2. Retention rates

9.3. Completion rate

9.4. Attendance rates

9.5. Ratio teachers / students

10.1. Access to the career ( requirements)

Possess professional qualifications legally required for teaching in educational level and group recruitment they are applying;

Have completed military duties or civilian service, when required;

Owning physical fitness, psychological profile and features personality necessary to perform function and have fulfilled compulsory vaccination laws;

Obtain approval of proof in competency assessment and knowledge.

10.2. Staff (public servants, contract…)

a) Tables of school cluster teachers;

b)Tables with teachers connected to regions

c)Contracted teachers

10.3. Structure of teaching career (4

years each except 235 that is 2 years)

10.4. Teaching component

25 H – 1st cycle

22 H – others…

10.5. Evaluation of the performance and progression

1 - The career teaching consists of changing index remuneration through changing echelon.

2 - The recognition of the right to progress to level next depends on the verification of the cumulative following requirements:

a) the permanence of a minimum period of service effective teaching in the step immediately preceding;

b) the assignment, the last performance evaluation, qualitative indication of not less than Good;

c) the frequency with success, training continuous or specialized training courses:

i) 25 hours, 5th echelon of the teaching career;

ii) 50 hours in the remaining ranks of the teaching profession.

3 - Progression at 3th 5th and 7th echelons depends beyond the requirements of the preceding paragraph, as follows:

a) Observation of lessons, in case of progression at 3th and 5th echelons;

b) Obtaining vacancy in case of progression at 5th and 7th echelons.