The radicalism in the Eductation department - a receipe for disaster

The radical Minister of Education, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, 

who abolished national exams, 

and is completely in the hand of the communist trade Union, FENPROF

"What we see today is that the Socialist Party is being carried away 

by the radical agenda of the radical left. 

It is worth asking who's the boss in the Ministry of Education, 

if it is Mário Nogueira, the Communist Party, Bloco Esquerda, 

or the Socialist government, 

which always had a more moderate and conciliatory view 

on this matter and has always recognized the public education service 

provided by non-state schools", said the leader of the CDS 

to journalists during a visit to the fortnightly fair of Vale de Cambra.

Assuncão Cristas reiterated the concern of the party 

with the "concern and threat to the contracts of association 

to private and cooperative education, 

providing a public service of great quality 

for the benefit of Portuguese families."

"We are talking about 17,000 students and 1125 teachers 

who may be affected by a collective dismissal 

and many families do not know if their children 

would be able to continue in the same school next year", she  said.

The centrist leader noted that many of the private schools 

and cooperatives schools, began to do "a public work education 

at the request of the State itself, in many areas, 

where there were no state school provided ", 

which "the traditional Socialists never put into question ". 

Assuncão Cristas admitted, however, that there may be a need 

to review the policy, where public and private education coexist 

and where there had been a sharp decrease in the number of students 

as a result of the low birth rate. 

There should be a constant evaluation to see which schools 

ensure better quality schooling and lower costs than the state.