Teachers' working hours are 35 hours a week, but on average, teachers in the 2nd and 3rd cycles, as well as those in secondary education, work 50 hours and 15 minutes, according to preliminary data from a survey carried out by Fenprof, between September and October 2023.

On average, they are working 15 hours more per week than is stipulated by law and to carry out all the tasks they have to steal time “from their personal life”, Vitor Godinho, Fenprof union delegate, told Lusa.

Many of the hours they dedicate to students and schools are not paid, “They are pro bono work”, criticized the union leader, noting that the situation has worsened in recent years.

In 2017, teachers worked, on average, 47 hours a week, now it is three and a half hours extra a week.