&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="le-systeme-scolaire-portugais">THE PORTUGUESE SCHOOL SYSTEM</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are two schools in Portugal under the authority of the French Ministry of Education&period; the first in Lisbon and the second in Porto&period; these two schools have been very popular with French and Portuguese descendants for around 3 years&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Today, these two schools have no vacancies for new arrivals&comma; the Lycée Français Charles-Lepierre in Lisbon has been on the waiting list for around two years&period; Porto is also on the waiting list for this new school year&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The first, as mentioned above, is the lack of space, and the second is the financial cost of these two schools&period; For example, a year at the Lycée Français de Porto for a middle-school child costs 5,100&comma;00<strong>&nbsp&semi;€</strong>&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The aim of this article is to inform you about the Portuguese school system&period; but also&comma; to present you with the various options available to you as French speakers for your children's schooling&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="le-systeme-educatif-portugais">The Portuguese education system </h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In Portugal&comma; education is compulsory from the age of six. <strong>6 year</strong>s and ends when the student reaches his or her <strong>18 years old in&nbsp&semi;</strong><abbr title="douzième"><strong>12</strong><sup><strong>e</strong></sup></abbr><strong>&nbsp&semi;year of schooling </strong>&lpar;<em>12&period;º ano de escolaridade</em>&rpar;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Portuguese education system is divided into three main parts&nbsp&semi;&colon;&nbsp&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class="wp-block-list"><li><em>gardens of infância</em> &lpar; kindergarten&rpar;</li><li><em>Basic training</em> &lpar;teaching called "basic"&sol;elementary&rpar;&comma;&nbsp&semi;</li><li><em>Ensino secundário</em> &lpar;secondary education&rpar;&comma;</li><li>&nbsp&semi;<em>Ensino superior</em>&nbsp&semi;&lpar;higher education&rpar;&period;</li></ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/système-scolaire-portugais.png"><img src="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/système-scolaire-portugais-1024x538.png" alt="système scolaire portugais&newline;système éducatif portugais " class="wp-image-6001"/></a><figcaption><em>Organization of the</em> Portuguese education system</figcaption></figure></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="le-jardins-da-infancia">the gardens of infância</h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>the "gardens of infância"&nbsp&semi;</strong>are kindergartens for children aged 3 to 5&period; To search for "creches" and "jardins da infância"&comma;&nbsp&semi;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.cartasocial.pt/index2.php?filtrar=hidden&;foco=cb_freguesia&;cod_distrito=11&;cod_concelho=06&;cod_freguesia=58&;cod_area=11&;cod_valencia=1103&;dcf=110658" target="_blank">this site</a> will provide you with a list of establishments near your home&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="enseignement-basique">Basic education</h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>The 1<sup>er</sup>&nbsp&semi;ciclo ensino básico</strong>equivalent to the first 4 years of primary school in France&comma; CP to CM1&comma; &nbsp&semi;for children aged 6 &nbsp&semi;to 9&period;&nbsp&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>The 2<sup>ème</sup>&nbsp&semi;and 3<sup>ème</sup>&nbsp&semi;ciclo ensino básico</strong>equivalent to collège&comma; but lasts 5 years, starting at the equivalent of French CM2&period; Teaching is similar to that of collège in France, with one teacher per subject and a main teacher&period; At the end of these 5 years&comma; students take a certificat d&rsquo&semi;études &lpar;l&rsquo&semi;equivalent to the brevet des collèges&rpar;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="enseignement-secondaire">Secondary education</h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>L'ensino secundario&nbsp&semi;corresponds to high school</strong>&period; This cycle lasts 3 years, at the end of which&comma; students take the "Diploma de Ensino Secundário"&nbsp&semi;exam, which corresponds to the Baccalaureate&period; Upon entering the "decimo ano" &lpar;the equivalent of seconde&rpar;&comma; students must choose between a general &lpar;scientific&comma; economic or literary&rpar;&comma; vocational &lpar;stream, which can be<strong> </strong>followed by an apprenticeship or sandwich course&rpar; and an artistic &lpar;stream available only at certain lycées&rpar;&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="universite">University </h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>With qualifications similar to those in France&colon; licence&comma; maitrise and doctorat&period; Portugal has two distinct systems of higher education&colon; the university system and the polytechnic system&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="les-ecoles-portugaise">Portuguese schools</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As you can see, the Portuguese school system is very different from the French one&period; you'll find that schools also operate differently&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Public schools</strong>However, especially in 2nd and 3rd cycle schools &lpar;le collège&rpar;&comma; it is possible to&rsquo&semi;be accepted even if you don't live in the neighborhood&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Private schools&comma; you choose the one that fits your budget &lpar;the cost of tuition is similar to or even higher than that charged by the two schools. </strong>by &period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In public and private Portuguese schools&comma; classes are taught in Portuguese&period; In addition&comma; for foreigners&comma; Portuguese schools offer hours of Portuguese language classes "Português Língua Não Materna" so that the "foreign" child assimilates the language more quickly&period; French-speaking children will take a different test from their Portuguese classmates in the 9º ano &lpar;brevet collèges&rpar; and 12º;French-speaking children will take a different Portuguese test from their Portuguese peers in the 9º ano &lpar;brevet des collèges&rpar; and 12º ano &lpar;baccalauréat&rpar;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="le-rythme-scolaire-des-ecoles-portugaises">The school rhythm in Portuguese schools</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is very similar to the French system, with the school years from kindergarten to lycée starting in September and ending in June, and the university years starting in October and ending in May&period; As for the hourly workload&comma; it ranges from 23 to 27 hours per week, depending on the age of the students&period; &nbsp&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>As for school holidays&comma; it's a little different&period; There are no vacations on All Saints' Day and no winter vacations, but the summer vacations are longer and in February&comma; there are 4 days &lpar;weekend included&rpar; for the Carnival&period; In the eyes of your children&comma; it will be the biggest&period; In the eyes of your children&comma; it will be the biggest&period. </strong>difference between the Portuguese and French school systems&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/demande-de-rnh/"><img src="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vivre-au-portugal-1024x576.png" class="wp-image-8647" width="768" height="432"/></a></figure></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="le-couts-des-ecoles-portugaises"> The cost of the Portuguese schools</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the public sector&comma; you don't have to pay much&comma; but you should be aware that, unlike in France, books have to be paid for from "cinco ano" &lpar;le CM2 français&rpar;&period; You'll need to spend around 250&nbsp&semi;euros on books for the school year&period; This is one of the particularities of the Portuguese education system&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The canteen costs around 1&period;50&nbsp&semi;euro per day&period; In private Portuguese schools&comma; costs vary according to the school selected&comma; you should expect to pay between 350 and 550&nbsp&semi;euros per month all inclusive and registration fees &lpar;between 150 and 350&nbsp&semi;euros&rpar;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr class="wp-block-separator"/>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Portuguese school system has many differences from the French education system&period; the rhythm of schooling is also different and private or public national or international schools have a cost&period; It is therefore essential that you take these factors into account before moving to Portugal&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However, don't worry, your children have a natural ability to adapt that we adults don't have, and they'll have no problem adapting to the Portuguese education system&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class="has-nv-site-bg-color has-neve-link-hover-color-background-color has-text-color has-background">Related to this article </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-vivre-au-portugal-consulting wp-block-embed-vivre-au-portugal-consulting"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">&NewLine;<span class="g4n9dyy16frq5rjvhbjwuohdrtrkxlsdumlxcqj7tzbf1bpv34y7t8829izwewhdejhmcoscputpo2zgknlnnefaoia6smp"><blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jwpl9bdslf"><a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/assurance-scolaire-au-portugal/">School insurance in Portugal</a></blockquote><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; 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