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One hundred thousand computers will arrive in schools in the first half of November. The guarantee was delivered this Thursday by the Minister of Education, who is being heard in Parliament.
António Costa’s promise of universal access to digital education will begin to be fulfilled. In the first half of November, the first 100,000 computers with Internet access will arrive, under the Digital School program. They will be distributed mainly to schools in the Priority Intervention Territories (TEIP) and to students covered by the School Social Action, explained Tiago Brandão Rodrigues.
In the parliamentary committee on Education, the minister also said that “recently” bidding procedures were launched for “another significant amount” of computers for the rest of the students covered by Social Action “that hopefully can reach schools this school year “.
Tiago Brandão Rodrigues was summoned to Parliament by BE and PAN due to the covid-19 outbreaks and the measures that are being applied in schools due to the pandemic and by the PSD for the financing of specialized schools of artistic education.
2,400 teachers can link in 2021
Asked by BE, PAN, PCP and CDS about the responses to the lack of teachers, especially in the regions of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo and Algarve, the minister announced that at this time more than 2,400 teachers meet the requirements to enter the staff , under the brake standard, next school year.
Tiago Brandão Rodrigues defended that the “shortage” is limited to some hiring groups and regions and that the mechanism for replacing teachers remains “well oiled.” He highlighted that the number of teachers in mobility due to illness increased this school year, which removed more teachers from the staff, specifically to the Lisbon region, but that the return to schools of the 500 who submitted risk statements at the beginning of classes can compensate groups. recruited.
7 million more for masks
The minister assured that the directors have already received authorization to launch bids for the acquisition of new personal protective equipment (PPE) for the second period of classes. There will be another seven million euros for the purchase of material such as masks, visors and alcohol-gel.
Tiago Brandão Rodrigues also said that the number of psychologists in schools increased to 1,600 after the recruitment contest was launched this academic year for 900 specialized technicians.
“I think the figure has never been so high,” he stressed to the deputies.
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