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Healthy and Safety measures at Marsaskala

May 23, 2017 at 5:18 pm

Healthy and Safety measures at Marsaskala

Throughout the day the MUT was in contact with the DES and schools regarding the effects of yesterday’s thick smoke in Marsaskala and close localities. The Union requested – and continues to expect – that all Health and Safety measures are taken and that all educators are informed by the Health Authorities about all the […]

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Weekly lesson allocation for English in State Secondary Schools

May 19, 2017 at 4:22 pm

Weekly lesson allocation for English in State Secondary Schools

The MUT is currently discussing the weekly allocation of lessons of English in State Secondary Schools after it received information that the number of lessons in Form 4 was going to be reduced. A solution has been proposed and is currently being discussed with the respective Directorate. Updates will follow.

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Compensation for Teaching Practice (TP) Mentors

May 19, 2017 at 4:19 pm

Compensation for Teaching Practice (TP) Mentors

The Union is aware that following several representations and discussions to compensate TP Mentors for duties being carried out, there was a decision from MEDE and the University of Malta to issue compensation. The MUT will be following the issue to ensure that any duties being requested and the respective compensation are appropriate and in […]

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SEC Course at Higher Secondary

May 19, 2017 at 4:17 pm

SEC Course at Higher Secondary

The Union is currently requesting clarifications about the SEC course which has been offered in the past years at the Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School following information that it may be discontinued. Updates will follow.

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MUT requests compensation for additional contact time

May 16, 2017 at 4:22 pm

MUT requests compensation for additional contact time

The MUT wrote to the DG DES to request a direction in view of the following situation. LOF meetings led to a situation in a number of Secondary Schools where the total contact hours per week (26 lessons of 40 mins) of some teachers were exceeded. The Union has therefore requested an ad-hoc compensation (time […]

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MCAST lecturers payment of allowances

May 16, 2017 at 4:20 pm

MCAST lecturers payment of allowances

The MUT wrote to the MCAST Principal about the settlement of allowances for lecturers which are long overdue. In light of this, the MUT has declared a trade dispute with MCAST and asked the Principal’s office to take effective steps to ensure that the payments due are affected without further delay. If the situation remains […]

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