At around 11:00, the national coordinator of Stop, the union that called for the strike, only had an indication of the closure of one educational establishment: Escola Básica 2/3 de Azeitão did not open its doors today and students were left without classes.

“At this moment I haven’t received any feedback yet, but participation should increase over the days. Many schools will start at the end of the week or at the beginning of next,” Stop’s national coordinator, André Pestana, told Lusa.

Teachers and non-teaching workers are once again affected by another strike, which will end on November 29th, this time against the State Budget for 2024 (OE2024).

For André Pestana, the “political earthquake” last week, with the resignation of the Government, raised doubts regarding the carrying out of the strike: “When the President of the Republic accepted the resignation, people thought, for some time, that it would be expected there was no OE vote and this generated some doubts in schools about whether the strike would continue.”

The union met over the weekend to evaluate the possibility of suspending the initiative but decided to maintain the strike.

Stop criticises the OE2024 proposal for the education sector, considering that "it does not effectively invest in public schools, nor in the dignity of all those who work and study there".