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Theinstrumentsandmeasuresconsideredhereareintunewiththeprevisionsintheambit of the NSRF, notably in the POPH, for the 2007‐2013 period and will bestrengthened by a healthy macro‐economic climate and by micro‐economicdynamics,notablybythebusinessdynamics.The equal opportunities policies, namely between men and women, assumes atransversal dimension in all the measures. However, it is important to recall thecontinued execution of the measures set out in the National Plan for Equality,CitizenshipandGender(2007‐2010),thePlanforDomesticViolence(2007‐2010)andtheNationalPlanagainstPeopleTrafficking(2007‐2010) 6 .Concomitantly,inthemoregeneralareaofequalityforall,wehighlightthePlanforImmigrantIntegration(2007‐2009) 7 andthePlanfortheIntegrationoftheDisabledorImpaired(2007‐2009) 8 .Alltheseplansincludeasetofmeasuresandtargetsthat,duetotheirimportance,willcontributetotheexecutionofthemeasuresincludedinthePNR.5.1. INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND IMPROVING THEQUALIFICATIONSOFTHEPORTUGUESEPOPULATIONContextOvercomingthestructuraldeficitinthequalificationsofthePortuguesepopulationandmakingsecondaryleveleducationtheminimumqualificationreferentialforallwillcontinuetobetheGovernment’smainpledgeinthisdimension.The valorisation of public schools, through the implementation of a vast set ofmeasures, has been expressed in the greater number of students and improvedschool results and, consequently, in the drop in the failure rate at all levels ofschooling and in particular in the 1st cycle of basic education and in secondaryschool.Indeedtherehasbeenamarkedevolutioninthedropoutrateandtherateofstudentsnotpassingtothenextgradebothinbasicandsecondaryeducationwithratesfallingtothelowestlevelsforthelast12years.Theseresultsindicatetheneedto pursue and consolidate the qualification measures of the public education andtrainingservicethathavebeenadoptedinpriorityinterventionareas.HighereducationinPortugalhasalsobeenundergoingadeepseatedreformthatcomes within the current European movement of modernising universities andpolytechnics for the development of knowledge societies and economies. The6 http://www.cig.gov.pt/7 http://www.acidi.gov.pt/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10168 http://www.inr.pt/content/1/26/paipdi51