BTEB began a show-cause process for SSC Vocational and Dakhil Vocational institutions that did not register any new regular students in the 2025 or 2026 academic years. The process may lead to withdrawal or cancellation of teaching approval and suspension of admission from the 2026-2027 academic year.
FNDE Resolution nº 11/2026 regulated food purchases from traditional peoples and communities under the National School Feeding Program. The rule covers specific public calls and culturally appropriate food for basic education students.
The Ministry of Education approved school network changes for the 2026-2027 school year, including new schools, upgrades, mergers, downgrades, closures, and special education unit changes. The changes affect primary, secondary, and special education provision across the country.
MOET issued a circular repealing eleven older legal documents in the education sector. The repeals remove outdated rules covering several areas of school and education administration.
MOET issued a new regulation on the organization and operation of private primary schools, lower-secondary schools, upper-secondary schools, and multi-level general education schools.
Portugal’s Council of Ministers approved in general, for hearings, a decree-law proposal reorganizing official statistics. The proposal would move production and dissemination of official statistics on education, training, learning, science, technology, and innovation into Statistics Portugal.
The Ministry of Education signed a scientific and educational memorandum of cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Center of Quality and Excellence in Education. The agreement establishes a formal cooperation framework for expertise exchange across educational, research, pedagogical, and administrative fields.
The Ministry of Education constituted the National Council of School Directors for Chile and held its first session. The council includes 25 school directors representing regions, dependencies, levels, and school contexts.
Malaysia’s Ministry of Education transferred the management of Sekolah Menengah Teknik from the Technical and Vocational Education Division to the Fully Residential School Management Division. Under the restructuring, Sekolah Menengah Teknik are now known as Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Teknikal.
MOET amended rules defining the functions, tasks, and powers of provincial Departments of Education and Training and commune-level Culture-Social Affairs Offices in education and training.