Glossary

DGeStE

Published 4 November 2026, 21:42
DGeStE — Direção-Geral dos Estabelecimentos Escolares (the directorate for school establishments)

For many years, the service that ran schools on the ground: allocating pupils, managing the school network, working with head teachers. Its regional offices (DSR) were where parents turned if their child did not get a school place. It has now been merged into AGSE, the agency that handles this work.

Where you come across it. Old letters and documents about school enrolment, links to the regional offices.
The name still turns up in documents and on school websites, but for school matters you should write to AGSE.