Educational Diagnosis of Médio Tejo

The project aimed to deliver a comprehensive diagnosis of the education system in the Médio Tejo region, considering multiple levels of analysis — schools, school clusters, municipalities and the intermunicipal community — and integrating dimensions such as socio-demographic characteristics, educational provision, academic outcomes and factors associated with school failure and early school leaving.

It was based on a multi-level and collaborative approach, involving a wide range of institutional stakeholders, and contributed to the definition of a strategic framework for intervention within the Intermunicipal Strategic Plan for Education Development (PEDIME).

Beyond the diagnostic dimension, the project supported the design of measures and initiatives aimed at reducing early school leaving, promoting equity in access to education, enhancing learning outcomes and fostering innovative educational projects, including actions related to scientific culture, the arts and transversal competences.

A key added value of the project lay in the production of scientific knowledge developed in close collaboration with civil society institutions and different levels of local governance, contributing to the design of territorially grounded and evidence-informed intervention strategies.

Territorial scope: Abrantes, Alcanena, Constância, Entroncamento, Ferreira do Zêzere, Mação, Ourém, Sardoal, Sertã, Tomar, Torres Novas, Vila de Rei e Vila Nova da Barquinha.