High school students wait for the arrival of their teachers to conduct their university entrance exams at Camoes secondary school, during a teachers strike against austerity policies, in Lisbon June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands of teachers across Portugal walked away from final exams held at secondary schools on Monday to protest against planned spending cuts in education, leaving many pupils unable to take the tests, unions said.
The cuts are among the most recent austerity measures proposed by Portugal's centre-right administration to meet the fiscal targets of an EU/IMF bailout. Portugal is in the third year of its worst economic recession since the 1970s and unemployment is at a record 18 percent.
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