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July 10, 2015 at 11:45 am

MUT agrees with rigorous recruitment procedures but disagrees with additional red tape and attitude towards educators

The MUT refers to the recommendations by the Ministry for Education and Employment in the White Paper entitled ‘Effective recruitment and selection procedures for people working with minors’. While the Union agrees with rigorous screening and procedures at all times, the MUT is against any further bureaucratic burdens placed on educators and on a system […]

July 10, 2015 at 11:35 am

1 Euro Campaign in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund

The Malta Community Chest Fund, chaired by the President of Malta, has launched the 1 Euro campaign whereby applications are being accepted so that 1 Euro is deducted automatically from every pay cheque. Full letter and application, which needs to be sent to the salaries/payroll section of your organisation, can be viewed here and here […]

July 10, 2015 at 11:30 am

RIGA Conclusions – new set of VET deliverables for 2015-2020 adopted by EU

The ministers of EU and EU-candidate countries responsible for vocational education and training (VET), the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Commission and the EU-level cross-sectoral social partners, including ETUC, endorsed the Riga Conclusions on 22 June in Riga. The final text can be found via the website of the Latvian […]

July 8, 2015 at 10:30 am

Thank you and happy holidays

The MUT would like to thank all members for all their hard work during the scholastic year and wish them happy summer holidays full of well-deserved rest. Meanwhile, there is a lot of hearsay about many changes that are allegedly being made in our sector. The MUT would like to reassure all members that the […]

July 8, 2015 at 10:20 am

Directive for State School Teachers on Half-yearly Exams

The Union has been informed that in various Colleges Primary School teachers have been asked to work on their half-yearly exams during the summer recess. This has apparently been the case also in some Secondary Schools. Moreover it appears that teachers are being told that the deadline for this is in September or October. Members […]

July 8, 2015 at 10:10 am

Some of the venues for In-service Courses inadequate

The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment after it received complaints from various members with regards to the choice of venues for in-service courses. It appears that a number of centres that are being utilised are not equipped for the summer heat and are hardly fit for hosting groups of professionals for […]

July 8, 2015 at 10:00 am

The Sectoral Agreement does not mention transfer parameters

The MUT has written to the Head of School at Victoria Middle School after it was informed by members that in a meeting she apparently declared that requests for more teachers at the school are being held or jeopardised by the MUT. The Union stated that this completely untrue as the MUT does not interfere […]

July 8, 2015 at 9:55 am

Directive for ITS staff not to adjust marks on request

The MUT has written to the Executive Director at the ITS after it received complaints from a number of lecturers that they are apparently being asked by the Registrar to adjust students’ marks so that they can obtain a pass mark. The Union stated that this is not acceptable and asked him to look into […]

July 6, 2015 at 12:25 pm

Meetings and requests during holiday periods

The union received reports about requests to teaching grades including SMT members to attend meetings during holiday periods. The MUT would like to remind all members that they cannot be requested to attend meetings during holiday periods. Any pressure to attend such meetings should be reported to the union. Further to this, any communicated requests […]

July 3, 2015 at 2:25 pm

Youth section publishes fourth e-Newsletter for 2015

The MUT Youth section has just published the fourth issue of its e-newsletter for 2015, which is the seventh one for the current term. Articles focus primarily on “Making Science Accessible” and on “6th Form Wildlife Conservation Expeditions for Lecturers, Biology, Geography, and Environmental Science Student”. Click here to download.