In an interview with Público, the President of APESP highlights the resilience of the private sector despite the drop in the number of candidates and admitted students in the national entrance examination for higher education. António de Almeida Dias also stresses the need for the State to look differently at a sector that accounts for 20% of the total enrollment in Higher Education.
“There is a lack of a strategy for education in Portugal,” he stated.
The role of the regulator and the end of the A3ES monopoly in the process of accrediting institutions was another topic addressed in this long interview, which you can read HERE.
