If a candidate covered by employment quota for candidates with disabilities If a candidate obtains a placement in a non-reserved vacancy, it is further verified whether they would be entitled, through the quota, to a placement that would be more favorable to them based on their indicated preferences. If this is the case, that more favorable placement prevails, the previously occupied vacancy is released, and a new placement is made according to the ranking list.

It means submit application to the national teacher recruitment competition.

The job openings can be viewed. here.

The main types of competitions are:

• Internal competition – for tenured teachers who wish to change their employment status and/or recruitment group;
• External competition – for qualified candidates who wish to join the staff;
• Initial hiring and recruitment pool – for qualified candidates who fill temporary needs.

Applications for the national competition are open from April 1st until 11:59 PM (Portugal Continental time) on April 13th, corresponding to eight working days.

Candidates subject to the limitation on the succession of fixed-term contracts must express preferences to all. QZP, municipalities and AE/EnA, in order to guarantee their placement in the external competition. This is especially important because, being subject to the legal limit on the number of successive contracts, candidates who, due to the preferences they indicate, do not obtain a permanent position, They are prevented from celebrating. new contract in 2026/2027, in accordance with applicable legal terms.

Candidates for the external competition who do not obtain a placement in a QZP or AE/EnA may also express preferences for schedules. complete or incomplete, annual or temporary, within the scope of initial hiring and recruitment reserve.

The following may apply to the external competition:

• candidates with professional qualification for teaching;
• teachers in long-term unpaid leave, provided that they have applied to the Agency for the Management of the Education System (AGSE) returning to their original AE/EnA or QZP framework by the end of February 2026 and having been informed that there are no vacancies;
• students of Master's degree in teaching that they complete by the last day of the deadline for filing a complaint in the competition.

Teachers affiliated with [organization name] are eligible to apply. AE/EnA or QZP, including tenured teachers from the Autonomous Regions who wish to change recruitment group and/or school cluster/school district/qualified teaching staff.

No, it is intended for non-tenured teachers.

The documents are submitted by upload in the application. The submission must be made before submitting the application.

No. Submission is irreversible, so any corrections or withdrawal can only occur at the times and under the terms specified in the call for submissions.

Yes, but only in the appropriate phases, such as revision or complaint, and only in areas that are legally subject to change.

Not necessarily. Candidates are exempt from submitting documents that are already valid and filed in the individual file of the AE/EnA that validates the application, except for an updated criminal record or a declaration authorizing access to [the relevant authority]. criminal record.

It is necessary professional qualification for teaching in the recruitment group to which you are applying. Applications are also permitted to students attending the master's program in teaching and which foresee the completion of the process and delivery of the declaration by the last day of the deadline for filing an appeal in the external competition. Detailed information on professional qualifications is available. here.

Through statement from the entity where the service was provided., using the provided template here, to be submitted in SIGRHE.

The period of service is considered to be the time rendered up to August 31st of the year immediately preceding the application.. For graduation purposes, the length of service rendered as [position] is also relevant. early childhood educator or primary and secondary school teacher, as well as the time spent in daycare and in public higher education. The length of service provided by is also taken into consideration. cooperation agents.

As a rule:

• before professionalization: counts until August 31st of the year in which the professional qualification was completed;
• after professionalization: counts from September 1st of this year until August 31st of the year prior to the application.

In recruitment groups 910, 920 and 930 (Special Education), The grade is calculated based on the number of days of teaching service, or equivalent, counted. starting from September 1st of the calendar year in which the candidate completed their specialized training. for the group to which it is competing. The length of service prior to professionalization corresponds to the teaching service days counted up to August 31st of the year in which the specialized training was completed.. The length of service after professionalization corresponds to the days of teaching service, or equivalent, counted from September 1st of that same year until August 31st of the calendar year immediately preceding the application..

This refers to the length of service the candidate expects to complete by August 31st of the current academic year, when this information is required, particularly in situations foreseen for the... 1st priority of the external competition.

Career teachers of AE/EnA or QZP who wish to move to another position within the same recruitment group.

Career teachers who wish to change to another recruitment group, provided they have the professional qualifications for that group.

The schedule runs from the placement in the initial recruitment process or the placement obtained through the recruitment reserve, until the last day established by the school calendar for the start of educational or teaching activities, and the end of the school year.

The schedule that, at the time of placement, corresponds to the entire teaching component of the recruitment group. Completions e addendums They don't count for that purpose.

Yes.

No.

No.

Yes, provided that the service time was rendered in public educational establishments within the network of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, it is relevant for the purposes of the 2nd priority.

Candidates who are currently employed in the MECI public school system during the academic year and meet the relevant requirements for limitation of successive contracts on a full-time annual schedule and to dynamic linking, that is:

• have at least 1095 days of service and be, December 31st of the current school year, while performing duties in a AE/EnA of the MECI network, and for the purpose of calculating the 1095 days, the relevant time of service is that rendered in the public network, Autonomous Regions, public higher education, Portuguese education abroad and private education with an association contract;
• have entered into fixed-term contracts with the MECI, with professional qualifications, in two previous school years, and, during those years, have provided 180 days of service each year or, alternatively, 365 days in total, with at least 120 days in each of them.

Professional candidates who have completed at least 365 days of service in the last six school years, in legally designated establishments.

Candidates who are professionally qualified for the recruitment group(s) they are applying for but who do not meet the requirements of the 1st and 2nd priorities.

Not necessarily. The candidate can upload the document or follow the procedure available on the platform.

Yes. The certificate code has a limited validity period, so you may need to request a new certificate after that period.