Current events

Guilherme Rocha, a member of the Board of Directors of EduQA, IP and responsible for the areas of Qualifications and Lifelong Learning, is conducting a series of regional sessions with school clusters and vocational schools across the country. The first session took place in Viseu on March 19th. [Further sessions followed...]

On March 16th, EduQA, IP and the Cape Verdean government signed a technical assistance contract aimed at supporting the Ministry of Education of Cape Verde in the preparation and implementation of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA for Schools). The ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Education of Cape Verde, Amadeu Cruz, […]

EduQA is hosting a national seminar on PISA for Schools on July 8th at the Caldas da Rainha Cultural and Congress Center, bringing together experts, schools, and decision-makers to discuss the use of data in improving educational practices.

Last Friday, May 29th, the Lisbon Book Fair hosted a round table discussion entitled "Young readers, young writers?", dedicated to reflecting on the relationship between the pleasure of reading and the pleasure of writing.

The ModA tests for Portuguese (61), Portuguese as a Second Language (62), Portuguese as a Non-Native Language A2 (63) and Portuguese as a Non-Native Language B1 (64), which were not held on June 3, have been rescheduled for June 9.

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.

On May 28th, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation hosted the closing ceremony of the 2025-2026 edition of "Kids Vote," an initiative promoted by the School Libraries Network that, for the tenth consecutive year, challenged children and young people from all over the country to choose their favorite books.

The ocean has professions you can't even imagine: Scientific divers. Renewable marine energy engineers. Deep-sea biologists. Law of the Sea lawyers. ROV pilots. Blue biotechnology researchers. Underwater archaeologists…

EduQA, IP, a Portuguese entity accredited by the OECD for the implementation of PISA for Schools, provided technical support to the Ministry of Education of Cape Verde in the application of this international assessment in all Cape Verdean secondary schools.

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.

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.