September 22, 2016 at 4:15 pm
The MUT has today declared a trade dispute with MCAST and with Church authorities on a variety of issues. In the case of MCAST, the Union has declared a dispute on two separate issues, which are the progression from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer grades and on the process of recognition of technical grades. On the […]
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September 22, 2016 at 4:12 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers has today presented an online petition after it collected almost 2,000 signatures asking for a more humane justice system. With this, the MUT is raising awareness that it is totally inhuman and unacceptable that court cases where the career, reputation and the very life of a person are at stake […]
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September 20, 2016 at 4:21 pm
The MUT wrote to the Principal and CEO at MCAST to note that although the summer recess at MCAST is well over, the recognition exercise of technician grades at MCAST and the resolution of the conflicting clauses for promotion to Senior Lecturer grades are still unresolved. The Union stated that in this light the MUT […]
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September 19, 2016 at 4:34 pm
The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary at MEDE regarding a report published on the Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School (GCHSS) newsletter which stated that the SEC Course will not be offered at GCHSS anymore following communication with the DES. Instead, from information gathered by the Union, the course will now be only offered by […]
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September 19, 2016 at 3:55 pm
The issue of LSAs who finished the course to upgrade their qualification to LSA2 is still on going with the MUT chasing the Ministry to issue a call for applications to give the opportunity to these LSAs to be rewarded for their studies and initiative. Following correspondence as published here, the Union sent a number […]
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September 19, 2016 at 2:44 pm
The MUT is aware that certain State and Church schools are requesting teachers to amend lesson planning/material in line with the Learning Outcomes Framework (LOF). The MUT notifies that since there are no developments on LOF implementation, such directions are out of place and ought not be observed. The Union also notes that there is […]
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September 19, 2016 at 10:49 am
The MUT wrote to De La Salle College on behalf of its members as it appears that the school is still insisting on asking payment to its educators for parking on school grounds. This issue has been raised several times and the Union has asked the Brother Director to look into and stop this unique […]
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September 14, 2016 at 11:48 am
The MUT notified news portal Newsbook in relation to the article “Argument bejn għalliema ta’ Skola Sajf, il-każ investigat” whereby the Skola Sajf incident was not between teachers but between play workers who were on part-time summer work. The Union asked the news portal to amend or issue clarification and the article was amended accordingly.
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September 12, 2016 at 10:26 am
This petition is inspired by the case of Karen Mercieca, a person who was arrested by the police on an un-investigated allegation. On that fateful day, almost 5 years ago, Karen’s life, and that of her family, turned into living hell. She was dragged through court in a case which took over 4 years to […]
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