Government announces the closure of entities within the Ministry of Education, including the FCT

Among them is the Foundation for Science and Technology ( FCT ), which will be integrated into new agencies.

The reform of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) was approved today by the Council of Ministers and, in a press conference at the end of the meeting, Fernando Alexandre justified the restructuring by describing his ministry as an "anachronistic structure", with fragmented organizations, disintegrated information systems and disjointed governance.

With 18 entities and 27 senior managers across non-higher and higher education, science and innovation services, MECI will now have just seven entities and 27 senior managers, with the integration of the extinct organizations into new entities.

This is the case of the Foundation for Science and Technology, which will be extinguished, similar to the National Innovation Agency ( ANI ), whose functions will be carried out by the new Agency for Research and Innovation.