The ''Pupilos do Exército'' ( Portuguese for "pupils of the Army") is military

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school of

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. Presently, its complete official name is ''Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército'' (IPE, Institute of the Pupils of the Army). ''Pupilos do Exército'' offers

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(2nd and 3rd cycles) and

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programmes, in the

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(only for young males) and in the

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(for both sexes) systems. Despite operating under the supervision of the

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, its Education programmes are considered official for all purposes, by the Portuguese Ministry of Education. Until 2009, ''Pupilos do Exército'' had a

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section that offered

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programmes in

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and

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and in

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, but now this section is extinct.

History

The ''Pupilos do Exército'' were created on 25 May 1911 by decree of the

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, General António Xavier Correia Barreto, as the ''Instituto Profissional dos Pupilos do Exército de Terra e Mar'' (Professional Institute of the Pupils of the Army of Land and Sea), usually being referred to just as ''Instituto Profissional dos Pupilos do Exército''. At that time, it was designed mainly to provide vocational education to children of soldiers of

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. By contrast, the ''

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'' (Military College) was reserved for the children of

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. In 1959, it was renamed ''Instituto Técnico Militar dos Pupilos do Exército'' (Military Technical Institute of the Pupils of the Army). In 1976, it was renamed again, becoming the ''Instituto Militar dos Pupilos do Exército'' (Military Institute of the Pupils of the Army). Finally, in 2009, it became the ''Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército''.História dos Pupilos do Exército

References

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