Education and Integration of Migrants in Portugal

Traditionally Context Immigrant students from former Portuguese Territories, and since 1974/1975 independent countries Since 2000Immigrant students from Eastern Europe, whose parents present more diversified levels of education and have, in general, positive school expectations. Portugal have immigrant students from 120 different nationalities Since 1990Immigrant students from Brasil./.. Immigrant students from European Union and other weastern countries

Enrolment of immigrant students (%) [1] [1] School year 2003/2004; Enrolments in 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, …, 9 th grade of compulsory education, and 10 th, 11 th and 12 th grades of upper-secondary education PALOP 50.2% Brazil 12.9% Eastern Europe 7.5% European Union 14.7% Others 14.7%

Enrolment numbers… Enrolment numbers (public and private schools, 2006/2007) Preliminary data Level of education Type of education Students enrolled Native students Immigrant students NNN% ISCED 123 Total1,422,9371,358,11364, % Public1,233,2491,174,93558, % Private189,688183,1786, % ISCED 1 Public630,941602,27828, % Private79,08977,0362, % ISCED 2 Public329,315311,83817, % Private46,66345,2441, % ISCED 3 Public272,993260,81912, % Private63,93660,8983, %

Enrolment numbers (youngest/non-adult education)… Enrolment numbers (public and private schools, 2006/2007) Preliminary data Level of education Type of education Students enrolled Native students Immigrant students NNN% ISCED 123 Total1,349,2061,289,83759, % Public1,168,1111,114,87153, % Private181,095174,9666, % ISCED 1 Public628,878600,49828, % Private78,95576,9102, % ISCED 2 Public319,380303,49315, % Private45,60244,2711, % ISCED 3 Public219,853210,8808, % Private56,53853,7852, %

Enrolment of immigrant students (%) Private 10.0% Public 90.0% School year 2006/2007; ISCED123; Preliminary data

Immigrants and school Plan for Immigrant Integration Education for All +

Plan for Immigrant Integration Policies Ministry of Education Ministry of Social Solidarity Ministry of Regional Development ACIDI* Immigrant Associations Ministry of Justice Ministry of Health Join effort of several Ministries (Education; Health; Justice; Labour and Social Solidarity; Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development; …) and non- governmental organizations to promote inclusion. * High Commissioner for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities

Education for All Three key principles: Nobody should be left behind. The basic competences should be acquired in school and developed during the course of a lifetime in formal and non-formal contexts. The goals to improve the access to education and success should be ambitious; the measures should be realistic and attainable.

Education for All Integrated set of policies to solve school leaving and grade repetition… … Involving, in the field of education, policy measures directed towards vulnerable groups… … And, consequently, to those immigrant students which belong to a vulnerable group.

Education policies for migrant integration Portuguese as second language Proficiency levels Beginner – A1, A2 Intermediate – B1 Advanced – B2, C1 Curricular adaptations PSL classes, specific support (extra-time) Teacher Training Assessement diagnostic, middle proficiency tests, PSL national examinations

Education policies for migrant integration Education policies for migrant integration New Opportunities Centres * Adult migrant courses Over 150 schools, 2008/2009 Teacher Training Portuguese Language Tests for citizenship to adult migrants ADULTS 117 examination centres 38,000 examinations * National system for recognition, validation and certification of competencies (RVCC), acquired in formal, non- formal or informal settings, which enable adults to obtain a dual certification (academic and professional)

Policies by the Ministry of Education direct towards vulnerable groups To create an environment of equal opportunities regarding education, and ensure equal access: Enlarging the pre-primary school offer; School social support; Diversified education and training paths; Learning’recovery plans; Integration of children with individual education needs in regular schools; TEIP Program - Priority Intervention Education Territories Program (School year 2006/2007: 35 school groups; 176 schools; 44,911 students).

Challenges To achieve the specific and transversal measures in the Immigration Integration Plan. Evaluate and expand the TEIP program 100 school groups. To involve school mediators (mediators in a school context). To strengthen teacher training.

Isabel Oliveira General-Directorate for Inovation and Curriculum Development Joaquim Santos Office for Education Statistics and Planning