This application is intended for qualified teachers who wish to obtain proof of service time in Private and Cooperative Education Establishments (EPC), Private Vocational Schools, and Private Social Solidarity Institutions (IPSS) in mainland Portugal, for the purposes of competitive selection processes.

To obtain clarification regarding teaching qualifications, you may submit an information request through the E72 application, duly accompanied by the documentation necessary for the analysis of your situation.

Yes. Teachers holding professional qualifications acquired through degrees in teaching or in the educational training branch of the Faculties of Arts and Sciences must provide proof of the recruitment group in which they are professionally qualified, attaching, for this purpose, a copy of the declaration issued by the school, mentioning the recruitment group(s)/subject(s) and teaching level in which they carried out their teaching internship.

No, as long as the master's degree certificate identifies the subject and level of education.

You must submit your qualifications certificate and a photocopy of the page from the Official Gazette where the order approving your professional classification was published.

No. The legal framework for professional qualification for teaching (in pre-school education and in basic and secondary education) approved by Decree-Law No. 79/2014, of May 14, corrected by Rectification Declaration No. 32/2014, published in the Official Gazette, 1st series, No. 122, of June 27, 2014, and amended by Decree-Laws No. 176/2014, of December 12, and No. 16/2018, of March 7, determines the possession of professional qualification as a condition for exercising the teaching function, and the courses that professionally qualify in the specialty of the master's degree are the master's degrees in teaching, under the terms established by Decree-Law No. 79/2014.

To the pedagogical director or legal representative of the entity that owns the private and cooperative educational establishment, Private Vocational School, positions approved by the Ministry of Education. In the case of IPSS (Private Institutions of Social Solidarity), the declaration must be issued by the head of the institution.

Note: The declaration must comply with the template available at [link to template]. National Internal and External Competition 2026/2027 – 1st Validation – AGSE

The school must calculate the average weekly teaching hours based on the distribution of the total hours (modules taught) over the number of teaching weeks required to teach them.

It should be noted that the school weeks are defined in the school calendar, excluding all periods of school breaks.

• Pedagogical Director;
• Class director (2 hours per week).

No, because the Qualifica Centers are structures of the SNQ (National Qualifications System).

No. Proof of length of service will be based on declarations of service time rendered by teaching staff, in accordance with Article 30, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Decree-Law No. 92/2014, in the context of sociocultural training and the scientific training component of the courses referred to in paragraph 1 of the aforementioned decree, which is ensured by teachers with professional qualifications for teaching in the respective recruitment group of the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education.

Yes, provided that they possess the required qualifications to perform duties in those recruitment groups, and provided that the duties were performed at the same educational institution.

No. As many requests must be submitted as there are educational establishments where the teacher provided the service whose time they wish to have considered.

You must go to a public school with the declaration from the vocational school and request the calculation of the time of service provided as a trainer, which must be accounted for according to the formula available in Circular No. B16033754U of 11-04-2016.

You must go to a public school with the declaration from the vocational school and request the calculation of service time rendered under a fixed-term or indefinite-term employment contract, which must be accounted for according to the formula available in Circular No. B18001934D of 09-01-2018, which replaces Circular B16014474B of 12-02-2016.

Yes. Under the terms of Decree No. 814/2005, of September 13, and Decree No. 118-G/2024/1, of August 16, the accumulation of functions must always be authorized by the Director of the School Group/EnA, under Order No. 3423-B72026, of March 16, when the teacher simultaneously performs activities in establishments of a different nature (public network and EEPC/Professional School), regardless of whether the total hours exceed 22 weekly teaching hours.

It is not necessary, because Article 49 of Decree-Law No. 152/2013, of November 4, provides for the accumulation of teaching duties in private and cooperative schools, up to a limit of 33 teaching hours per week.

Yes. Paragraph 2 of Article 11 of Decree-Law No. 32-A/2023, of May 8, allows teachers in GR100 to use their service time as early childhood educators in nurseries for graduation purposes, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 39 of the ECD.

No. According to Circular No. B11069994M, the time of service provided within the scope of AEC (After-School Activities) is only counted when provided in public education and teaching establishments that offer pre-school education and the 1st cycle of basic education, with the counting of this service time being done by the school clusters/non-clustered schools where the individuals concerned perform/performed duties.