April 23, 2020 at 10:40 am
The MUT refers to the issuing of HR/04/2020 entitled “Donation of Vacation Leave from the Teaching grades” by the Directorate for Human Resources within MEDE. The MUT encourages all state educators to be generous and show solidarity with public sector and public service colleagues in need by donating any number of hours from their remaining […]
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April 21, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Especially in the current circumstances, when information is being forwarded mainly through email and other online means, the MUT would like to issue a call for members to update their information provided to the MUT. Particularly, members should make sure that they provide a valid email address that is used regularly so as to receive […]
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April 21, 2020 at 5:03 pm
The MUT once again contacted the DES after it was informed that despite an understanding otherwise, some LSEs were still told to send reviews to parents. In a reply, the DES stated that in the correspondence sent yesterday it should have explicitly been stated that these IEP reviews shall not be sent to parents or […]
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April 21, 2020 at 4:57 pm
The Secretariat for Catholic Education issues various calls for applications from time to time and has asked the MUT to circulate the following: – Assistant Head at Our Lady Immaculate School – Deadline is 28th April 2020. For more information please click HERE. This vacancy list is being forwarded as requested by this third party […]
read more »April 20, 2020 at 3:56 pm
Following concerns raised with the DES in relation to IEP reviews, a meeting was held between MUT and DES. Whilst the DES acknowledged that the timing of the communication was not right and that there were various interpretations caused by multiple communications, the DES assured the MUT that a clear direction is being provided following […]
read more »April 18, 2020 at 11:15 am
L-MUT tilqa’ b’sodisfazzjon il-ftehim milħuq bejn il-Ministeru għall-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol u l-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Iskejjel Independenti (ISA) dwar l-għajnuna mill-gvern lill-iskejjel indipendenti u l-familji li wliedhom jattendu f’dawn l-iskejjel. L-MUT, li kienet qed issegwi dawn l-iżviluppi mill-qrib matul l-aħħar ġimgħat, tirrikonoxxi l-impenn tal-Gvern favur dan is-settur u l-edukaturi fl-iskejjel indipendenti filwaqt li tfaħħar l-għaqal tal-mexxejja tal-iskejjel indipendenti […]
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April 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine measures implemented by most European governments are especially hard on women, as recently pointed out by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Women are more likely to face a significant increase in unpaid care work, precarious employment schemes, and an increase in gender-based violence and harassment. 73% of […]
read more »April 17, 2020 at 1:50 pm
Following the objection with the Church Secretariat on the consent forms issue, the MUT is please to note that the Secretariat clarified what happened and the issue is now settled. In a circular being issued to Church schools, the Secretariat stated that the issuing and collecting of consent forms is not to be conducted by […]
read more »April 15, 2020 at 5:00 pm
The MUT is currently in discussion with the Directorate for Educational Services after a communication was sent to LSEs through the respective HODs inclusion. This communication stated that HODs have been given instructions to inform LSEs that they are to fill in reviews of IEPs and send a copy to the parents by email. It […]
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April 8, 2020 at 3:07 pm
The MUT is informed that teachers and lecturers are receiving pressure to add administrative personnel to their respective virtual learning environment so they can monitor what is being carried out. This confirms the level of mistrust of some administrators in education. In one particular case the rights were changed centrally to give access for monitoring […]
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