Education and Integration of Migrants in Portugal

Education and Integration of Migrantsin Portugal

Traditionally

Context

Immigrant students from former Portuguese Territories, and since 1974/1975 independent countries

Since 2000 Immigrant 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 1990 Immigrant students from Brasil

./.. Immigrant students from European Union and other weastern countries

Enrolment of immigrant students (%) [1]

[1] School year 2003/2004; Enrolments in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …, 9th grade of compulsory education, and 10th, 11th and 12th grades of upper-secondary education

PALOP50.2%

Brazil12.9%

Eastern Europe7.5%

European Union14.7%

Others14.7%

Enrolment numbers…

Enrolment numbers (public and private schools, 2006/2007)

Preliminary data

Level of education

Type of education

Students enrolled

Native students

Immigrant students

N N N %

ISCED 123

Total 1,422,937 1,358,113 64,824 4.6 %

Public 1,233,249 1,174,935 58,314 4.7 %

Private 189,688 183,178 6,510 3.4 %

ISCED 1Public 630,941 602,278 28,663 4.5 %

Private 79,089 77,036 2,053 2.6 %

ISCED 2Public 329,315 311,838 17,477 5.3 %

Private 46,663 45,244 1,419 3.0 %

ISCED 3Public 272,993 260,819 12,174 4.5 %

Private 63,936 60,898 3,038 4.8 %

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

N N N %

ISCED 123

Total 1,349,206 1,289,837 59,369 4.4 %

Public 1,168,111 1,114,871 53,240 4.6 %

Private 181,095 174,966 6,129 3.4 %

ISCED 1Public 628,878 600,498 28,380 4.5 %

Private 78,955 76,910 2,045 2.6 %

ISCED 2Public 319,380 303,493 15,887 5.0 %

Private 45,602 44,271 1,331 2.9 %

ISCED 3Public 219,853 210,880 8,973 4.1 %

Private 56,538 53,785 2,753 4.9 %

Enrolment of immigrant students (%)

Private10.0%

Public90.0%

School year 2006/2007; ISCED123; Preliminary data

Immigrants and school

Plan for Immigrant Integration

Education for All

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Plan for Immigrant Integration

Ministry ofHealth

Ministry of Justice

Immigrant Associations ACIDI*

Ministry of Regional

Development

Ministry of Social

Solidarity

Ministry of Education

Policies

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

Assessement diagnostic, middle proficiency tests,

PSL national examinations

Teacher Training

Curricular adaptationsPSL classes,

specific support (extra-time)

Proficiency levelsBeginner – A1, A2Intermediate – B1

Advanced – B2, C1

Portuguese as second language

Education policies for migrant integration

Portuguese Language Tests for citizenship

to adult migrants

Teacher Training

Adult migrant coursesOver 150 schools, 2008/2009

New Opportunities Centres *

Education policies for migrant integration

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 [email protected]

General-Directorate for Inovation and Curriculum Development

Joaquim [email protected]

Office for Education Statistics and Planning