September 29, 2017 at 5:23 pm
The MUT has requested an urgent meeting with the Minister for Education and Employment to discuss the following two topics of utmost importance: – The shortage of Teachers and LSAs, current figures, projections and measures being implemented to address the situation. The Union is still highly concerned about this unprecedented situation which is stressing the […]
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September 28, 2017 at 3:12 pm
The MUT is in correspondence with the DG DES after it was informed that there is new risk assessment documentation that Health and Safety teachers are being requested to use. The said document makes reference to the ‘by when’ – a deadline for schools to carry out recommendations – which was objectionable for a number […]
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September 27, 2017 at 3:21 pm
In October, Inspire – The Foundation for Inclusion – will be conducting 3 Numicon workshops as follows: – Numicon Firm Foundations [Early Years] – 9th October between 2pm and 6pm – Parents’ Numicon workshop – 23rd October – Numicon 1 [Year 1 & 2] – 30th October between 9am and 2:15pm All sessions will be […]
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September 27, 2017 at 8:43 am
All Heads of Schools and SMT members are being directed to refrain from replying to PQs 1437 and 1439 of 25th September 2017. The MUT would like to remind members about the long-standing directive on PQs and information which is already collected. All teaching grades, including SMT members, are to refrain from writing and giving […]
read more »September 26, 2017 at 5:21 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment with reference to the reporting of a press conference whereby the Minister is stating that the delay in the conclusion of the agreement was due to the MUT’s leadership contest. The Union noted that the Ministry failed to mention the general election, which delayed all […]
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September 26, 2017 at 5:19 pm
The MUT was in communication with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at MEDE after it received reports from members about unwarranted and highly unethical posts on facebook by an IT technician employed with a service provider commissioned by the Ministry to service laptops for educators. The Union stated that it will not tolerate situations where […]
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September 26, 2017 at 3:14 pm
All MCAST staff who are MUT members are invited to attend this meeting, which is being held on Wednesday 4th October 2017 at 1pm at the MCAST Main Hall, Main Admin Block, Paola. Before the meeting any members with arrears will be able to settle their fees and prospective members can also enroll. Meanwhile, those […]
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September 19, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Following the declaration of a trade dispute with the Secretariat for Catholic Education on the unjust deployment of two LSAs at St Angela, Zabbar, this morning the two LSAs involved started following the Union’s directive to report at this school. During the morning personnel from the Secretariat handed a letter to the two LSAs at […]
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September 19, 2017 at 5:10 pm
The MUT contacted the Directorate for Educational Services after it received a number of reports from members who, in the last minute, are being either not deployed to services due to lack of replacements or else are being requested to relinquish a post of responsibility to take a teaching load due to shortage of teachers. […]
read more »September 19, 2017 at 5:03 pm
The MUT would like to extend its warmest wishes for a successful year to all educators, who have, by now, started working on the new scholastic period. In the past months the MUT has been working incessantly on many fronts, including negotiations related to State, Church, MCAST and ITS Collective Agreements among other things. In […]
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