Portugal’s prime minister said on Thursday that all classes up to the 9th grade will continue with distance learning and assessment without benchmarking or exams, and support will be maintained for families with children under 12.
António Costa made the announcement was made at the end of the cabinet meeting with the minister of education, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, at his side.
“This third term will begin, as scheduled, on 14 April with no teaching activities in person. From 1st to 9th grade, the whole third period will continue with distance learning, which will be reinforced with the support of television broadcasting of pedagogical contents that will complement, without replacing, the work that teachers have been maintaining with their puplis”, the Prime Minister said.
António Costa said that “in order to have the most universal coverage, these daily teaching programmes will be broadcast on RTP Memória channel, which is accessible not only by cable or satellite but also through TDT”.