Portugal - Teaching Profession

Teachers for nursery schools are educated for three years in escolas de educadores de infância. Basic education teachers are trained in escolas do magistério primário. There is an entrance exam, and the course lasts three years. For all other levels, the training is done in escolas superiores de educação. If the teachers have a bacharelato or licenciatura, they take a two-year theoretical and practical training course; otherwise they have to pursue a four- or five-year course at a higher level. Secondary school teachers take courses that last four years, or five if they continue pedagogical or professional training. Special education is taught at the Instituto Antonio Aurélio da Costa Ferreira in Lisbon, and hearing impaired training is also taught at the Instituto Jacob Rodrigues Pereira.