Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues

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Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (MLR, born in Lisbon, 19 March 1956) is a Portuguese sociology and politician. MLR is a visiting professor at the Lisbon University Institute, where she has taught since 1986 and received her PhD in Sociology in 1996.

She served as the national representative for the European Union's Working Party on the Indicators for the Information Society (1999-2002).

She has worked in consulting, human resource management, and education. MLR has authored hundreds of scientific papers and book chapters as well as published three monographs: Sociologia da Professions [Sociology of Professions], Os Engenheiros Portugal] (1999) and A Escola Pblica Pode Fazer a Diferent» (2010).

Minister of Education

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, the Prime Minister of Portugal's 17th Constitutional Government (Prime Minister José Sócrates' first government) introduced a variety of measures from 2005 to 2009, some of which were particularly unpopular among teachers, unions, and even some segments of the then ruling Socialist Party, such as the teacher career and performance assessment reforms. The OECD has rated these policies.

During her mandate school achievements, school graduation rates increased and school dropout rates dropped sharply.

In 2009, the Portuguese students saw the largest overall increase in the OECD's International Student Assessment exam scores, up from 2006's results. For the first time, Portugal ranked among the OECD's top 10 countries.

Two main objectives were to broaden the scope of education and to create modern school environments. The former target was met by the Full Time School Program, which introduced additional enrichment opportunities to schools, including English, Music, and Sports. More than 2500 very small schools (less than ten students) were closed down around the country, as well as the construction or restoration of more than 400 fully equipped elementary schools with nursing schools. Both policies were developed in close collaboration with municipalities. The OECD also rated primary education reforms.

A new pupil's academic status had been established, but grade retention was not allowed due to unethical school absence. Grade retention policies do not promote learning, according to study findings, and are a step toward early school graduation.

Rodrigues and the Minister of Labour launched the New Opportunities Initiative in 2006 to encourage adult education. More than one million people had joined the campaign three years ago, and 300.000 had been awarded a school certificate.

MLR converted public schools into vocational upper-secondary education, and the number of students attending vocational education increased from 30.000 to 126.000 from 2005 to 2009. With an Action Plan for Maths and a National Reading Plan, basic education, nuclear subjects (Portuguese and Maths) was supplemented.

In 2007, Parque Escolar began a National Secondary Schools Modernization Service, which was initiated in 2007. The aim is to restore more than 330 out of the 500 Portuguese public schools with secondary education. The OECD evaluated the first phases of the programme. The 2007-2010 Technological Plan for Education (towards) was a catalyst for schools' ICT capacity. The number of pupils per computer with broadband internet access decreased from 18:1 in 2005 to 5:1 in 2009. Teachers and students were able to distribute 1-to-1 laptops, which were also recognized internationally.

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Post-ministerial career

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues returned to the university in 2009 after completing a new master's program in public policy.

The Prime Minister named her President of the Luso-American Foundation in the start of 2010.

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues has been Rector of ISCTE, a Portuguese public university, since 2018 (now in her 2nd term).

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