EduQA establishes training partnership with the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.
The Institute of Education, Quality and Evaluation, IP (EduQA) has established a partnership with the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo for Teacher Training – Creativity and Critical Thinking. Anabela Serrão, a member of the EduQA Board of Directors, participated in the opening ceremony.
This collaboration marks the start of the Professional Development Program: Training for Teacher Trainers – Creativity and Critical Thinking, a micro-accredited training program aimed at strengthening essential skills in teacher training, with a special focus on the areas of science and mathematics, and with trainers from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
More than just a training activity, the program constitutes an innovative model for the dissemination of skills, promoting the pedagogical use of international benchmarks within the scope of the PISA for Schools project, which is being implemented in Portugal by EduQA in 150 schools.
<span data-no-translation>Public presentation of the ebook “Voices that Protect” – Collection of interviews on Education for Risk.</span>
June 2, 2026
Public presentation of the ebook “Voices that Protect” – Collection of interviews on Education for Risk.
The ebook "Voices that Protect" was recently presented at the VII International Congress on Risks, held at the University of Coimbra, and is available for free download.
<span data-no-translation>JNE/EduQA Press Release</span>
June 27, 2026
JNE/EduQA Press Release
Following the statement from JNE/EduQA, published last Thursday, June 25th, regarding the grading process for national exams—which highlighted some constraints in the schedule—and considering issues that have since come to the attention of the JNE services, EduQA, through the National Examination Board, provides the following clarifications:
<span data-no-translation>Survey of students taking the ModA and PFEB 2025/2026 exams.</span>
May 27, 2026
Survey of students taking the ModA and PFEB 2025/2026 exams.
Within the scope of the Learning Monitoring Tests (ModA) and the Final Basic Education Tests (PFEB) to be carried out in the 2025/2026 school year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) will promote the application of a brief anonymous questionnaire to students after they have taken the respective tests in digital format.
