June 30, 2016 at 12:52 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers would like to clarify the following points: a) The Union agrees with the concept of mentoring of student teachers; b) The Union proposed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the MEDE and the UoM to spell out conditions of these mentors, including remuneration and duties related; c) The MUT drafted […]
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June 27, 2016 at 2:16 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment to congratulate the Directorate for Educational Services for the achievement made this year whereby for the first time in recorded history state school transfers were issued before the start of the summer recess to the benefit of most. Whilst the Union is still in the […]
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June 27, 2016 at 11:51 am
The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary at MEDE on behalf of members who served at Għarb Primary during the last scholastic year. The Union stated that it has been informed that it appears that a decision has been taken for most of the teachers at this school to be transferred without any reason whatsoever. […]
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June 27, 2016 at 11:36 am
The MUT wrote to the MCAST Principal after being informed by various members about a recent decision to introduce a 4th sit for students who fail their units. This 4th sit will apparently be carried out in September. The Union stated that it is in total disagreement with this initiative because from a professional point […]
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June 24, 2016 at 2:15 pm
Following a meeting held yesterday with Students Services Department, it was agreed that variations between different schools and colleges in the use of templates were due to information which was not provided in a timely manner. It was therefore agreed that Guidance teachers who had already prepared or started working on previous formats of reports/templates […]
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June 24, 2016 at 12:48 pm
The MUT requested an urgent meeting with St. Michael’s Junior School in relation to school calendar issues. Information will be reported following the outcome of the meeting.
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June 24, 2016 at 12:35 pm
The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary at MEDE after receiving a number of reports from members at a particular School in relation to what appears to be a number of break-ins that the school has suffered. It also appears that items were stolen from the school while a number of items that are potentially […]
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June 24, 2016 at 12:01 pm
The MUT wrote to the DGs to request clarifications regarding the contract being provided to participants of this course. Meanwhile the Union is instructing members who contacted it to refrain from committing themselves to the contract pending clarifications.
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June 24, 2016 at 9:45 am
The MUT sadly reports the passing away of former Council Member and Editor of Sagħtar magazine Charles Magro. Mr. Magro was a long standing contributor to the Malta Union of Teachers and also represented the Union in various capacities throughout the years. Mr. Magro will be remembered for his continuous support to the MUT in […]
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June 23, 2016 at 12:05 pm
The MUT wrote to a Church School and to the Archbishop’s Secretariat for Catholic Education to contest the termination of five LSAs at this school. The Union stated that it is informed that following an interview process for LSAs carried out by this school in the past weeks, the school then informed five LSA that […]
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