The largest union representing teachers once again criticised the media's dissemination of analyses made on students' results in national tests and internal grades from the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI).

This is the 25th year that ‘rankings’ have been published, which now include various data analyses, which go beyond the classic list of educational establishments ordered by taking into account only the average of students in national exams.

The numbers also began to show the work done in schools with the most disadvantaged students, who tend to have more academic difficulties, as well as schools where all students manage to complete their studies without failing and this year, for the first time, they show the average results of foreign students.

However, Fenprof argues that, “despite being surrounded by an aura of rigor, demand and technology, the ‘rankings’ would be and do stigmatise schools through national exams that hierarchise and eliminate students; they discredit the work of schools and teachers through national exams that disregard healthy learning and continuous assessment; they promote competition through national exams that encourage individualism”.

For the federation, the ‘rankings’ have the sole intention of “reinforcing the ideological prejudice that the private sector is good and the public sector is bad and thus fattening the education business, also at the expense of the State”.

In a note sent to the media today, Fenprof once again salutes all teachers who “continue to fight daily for quality education and schools for all”.