Google expands education Q&A carousel to Portuguese-speaking regions

The recent expansion of Google's education Q&A feature demonstrates the company's ongoing commitment to improving educational content accessibility across global markets.

Google announced on April 1, 2025, that the education Q&A carousel has been expanded to include Portuguese language support. This development comes just eight days ago as of today's date, marking a significant enhancement to Google's educational search features. According to Google's official documentation, "The education Q&A carousel is available in Portuguese" across "all regions where Google Search is available."

This update follows previous expansions in March 2025, when Google added support for Spanish (limited to Mexico) and Vietnamese (available in all Google Search regions). The education Q&A carousel initially launched with English language support before these additional language rollouts began.

The education Q&A carousel is designed to help students find answers to educational questions by displaying structured data from flashcard pages directly in search results. This feature appears when users search for education-related topics on desktop and mobile devices. According to Google's documentation, users can find answers through this feature when searching for specific educational queries such as "the measure of three angles of a quadrilateral are 80 90 and 103 degrees" or "the ratio of surface energy to surface area is."

For website owners who maintain educational content, this update presents both an opportunity and a technical challenge. To have content appear in the education Q&A carousel, site owners must implement specific structured data markup on their flashcard pages. The required markup uses schema.org vocabulary and must follow Google's technical guidelines.

Google stipulates several key requirements for eligibility. Pages must contain education-related questions and answers with at least one question-answer pairing. The content must be accurate, and Google notes that site owners "are responsible for the accuracy and quality of your education Q&A pages through this feature." Google has also implemented quality control measures, stating that "if a certain amount of your content is found to be inaccurate based on quality and pedagogical review processes, then all or a subset of your Q&A pages may not be eligible for this feature until you resolve the issues."

The technical implementation requires adding Quiz structured data to flashcard pages. Each question must use the "Flashcard" value for the eduQuestionType property. Google's documentation provides detailed requirements for the structured data format, including both required and recommended properties.

Required properties include hasPart Question elements that contain the eduQuestionType, text, and acceptedAnswer fields. Recommended properties include about.name fields to describe the underlying concept and educationalAlignment properties to specify the field of study and educational level.

Google offers the following example of properly formatted structured data for a flashcard about cell transport:

{
 "@type": "Quiz",
 "about": {
 "@type": "Thing",
 "name": "Cell Transport"
 },
 "educationalAlignment": [
 {
 "@type": "AlignmentObject",
 "alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
 "targetName": "Biology"
 }
 ],
 "hasPart": [
 {
 "@context": "https://schema.org/",
 "@type": "Question",
 "eduQuestionType": "Flashcard",
 "text": "This is some fact about receptor molecules.",
 "acceptedAnswer": {
 "@type": "Answer",
 "text": "receptor molecules"
 }
 }
 ]
}

Implementation of this structured data requires attention to detail. The questions must be immediately visible to users on the page and not hidden in data files or PDFs. While single question pages with user-submitted answers should use QAPage markup instead, flashcard pages with multiple questions benefit from the Quiz structured data format.

After implementing structured data, Google recommends using Search Console to monitor performance. This tool helps site owners understand how their pages perform in Google Search and identify any issues with their structured data implementation. The process includes validating the code using the Rich Results Test, deploying pages with structured data, and using the URL Inspection tool to test how Google sees the pages.

Google cautions that adding structured data does not guarantee appearance in rich results. Common reasons for non-appearance include errors in structured data implementation, pages that are blocked from crawling, or content that does not comply with Google's guidelines.

For educational content creators, the expansion to Portuguese represents a significant opportunity to reach new audiences. Portuguese is spoken by approximately 260 million people worldwide, predominantly in Brazil, Portugal, and parts of Africa. Educational websites serving these regions can now optimize their content to appear in the Q&A carousel, potentially increasing visibility and traffic.

This update holds particular significance for the marketing community focused on educational technology and content. Educational platforms, tutoring services, and academic publishers operating in Portuguese-speaking markets now have additional motivation to implement structured data on their websites. Marketing professionals working with educational clients should prioritize structured data implementation as part of their SEO strategy to capitalize on this feature.

The education Q&A carousel expansion aligns with broader trends in search that emphasize structured data and rich results. For marketing professionals, understanding and implementing structured data has become increasingly crucial for visibility in Google Search. The specific formatting requirements for education Q&A structured data underscore the importance of technical SEO knowledge alongside content creation.

Google's documentation emphasizes that content quality remains paramount. While structured data implementation is necessary for eligibility, the content itself must be accurate and valuable to users. Marketing professionals should therefore focus on both technical implementation and content quality when advising clients on optimizing for this feature.

The expansion of the education Q&A carousel to additional languages suggests Google continues to prioritize educational content accessibility globally. This pattern of regular updates to search features provides marketing professionals with ongoing opportunities to optimize client content for improved visibility.

Google provides comprehensive tools for monitoring rich results performance through Search Console. Marketing professionals can use these tools to track the effectiveness of structured data implementation and make data-driven optimization decisions. The documentation recommends specific monitoring at key points: after first deploying structured data, after releasing new templates or updating code, and during periodic traffic analysis.

The education Q&A carousel represents just one part of Google's broader rich results ecosystem. Marketing professionals should stay informed about all available structured data features to maximize visibility opportunities for their clients. Google's documentation notes that the feature availability varies by language and region, highlighting the importance of region-specific optimization strategies.

Timeline

• Initial launch: Education Q&A carousel launched with English language support (date not specified in documentation)
• March 17, 2025: Expansion to Spanish (Mexico only) and Vietnamese (all Google Search regions)
• April 1, 2025: Expansion to Portuguese (all Google Search regions)
• Current status (April 9, 2025): The education Q&A carousel is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish (Mexico), and Vietnamese

This systematic expansion across languages indicates Google's commitment to improving educational content accessibility worldwide, with potential for additional language support in the future.