Support
Handouts and Textbooks
Lisbon City Council supports the purchase of support sheets/activity books for 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle students in Lisbon's public school system
This includes all students, whether they are covered by school social action or not.
Parents and guardians should go to the school or the non-grouped school to find out what the procedure is:
- if the school purchases the cards, they should follow its instructions;
- if the school doesn't buy them, the parent or guardian will have to buy them and ask for the invoice in the name of the grouping with the respective NIF. The form must then be filled in at the school.
For more information, contact your school or the school grouping.
Free School Textbooks
The platform Manuais Escolares Gratuitos - MEGA (Free School Textbooks), run by the Ministry of Education, manages the entire process of allocating free school textbooks.
School book exchange - 2023-2024 school year
So that the exchange can reach the largest number of residents, the municipality is promoting the free exchange of school books - textbooks, activity books, study support books, dictionaries and encyclopedias and recommended books - from the 1st to the 12th year of schooling).
Conditions and frequently asked questions
Location: Documentation Center of the Municipality's Central Building - Campo Grande 25, 1º F
Hours: between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., by appointment
How to get there
- Buses: 701, 727, 736, 738, 744, 749, 754, 759;
- Metro: Entrecampos (Yellow Line);
- Train: Entrecampos (West Line | Sintra Line | FERTAGUS)
Express Delivery Service: For CML employees (outside the Central Municipal Building): sde 430 line for delivery of books you don't need; delivery of the books requested, after indicating the line
You can request them by sending a list of the books you want to troca.livro.escolar@cm-lisboa.pt
All requests are dealt with on a first-come, first-served basis. The books are reserved for one week, after which the request will be considered void.
No. Those who offer it don't have to take advantage of it, or the other way around.
Textbooks, activity books, study aids, dictionaries and encyclopedias are accepted.
Books must be in good condition and have an edition date after 2021.
The book(s) delivered that do not meet these requirements will be sent for recycling.
As part of the School Book Exchange, the National Reading Plan book loan project was created.
The reader requests the book(s), up to a maximum of three, to borrow for one month. To do so, they must register at the Documentation Center, presenting an identification document and email address.
See the list of books available from the National Reading Plan and the Study Support Books.
General Secretariat | Department of Support for Municipal Bodies and Services | Documentation Center
+351 218 171 131 / 132 / 135