December 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment and other high officials within the Directorates to inform them that, following the intervention of the Director for Human Resources and the proposed way forward suggested, the Union is suspending its directives with immediate effect to give more space to the Director to sort the […]
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December 7, 2015 at 12:00 pm
CEDEFOP is currently looking for an Expert in Vocational Education and Training Policies – ref: Cedefop/2015/05/CA. Closing date for submission of applications is 11 January 2016, at 15.00 Greek time (CET+1). More information here.
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December 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm
The MUT wrote to the Church Secretariat for Catholic Education to request them to address at the earliest the laptops issue so as to bring all educators in Church Schools at par with colleagues in State Schools when it comes to technological resources. In State Schools, the Government has finally agreed to replace all teachers’ […]
read more »December 3, 2015 at 3:35 pm
Following feedback regarding the new laptops being distributed in State Schools, which do not have CD/DVD drives, the MUT communicated with the DQSE on this issue and was assured that it will be addressed accordingly. Currently, some textbooks and resources still make use of a CD or DVD and therefore educators need a means to […]
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December 3, 2015 at 3:25 pm
The MUT wrote to the DG DES on behalf of LSAs who are being asked to accompany their student/s to Learning Centres, sometimes even twice a week. The MUT stated that the practice of asking an LSA to accompany students to a Learning Centre is not a practice that was ever agreed upon between both […]
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December 3, 2015 at 3:15 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment to ask him to enter into urgent discussions to find solutions to the current recruitment crisis related to English Language teachers. For the short term the Union is proposing something similar to the system adopted in the health care sphere, where an international call for […]
read more »December 3, 2015 at 3:00 pm
The MUT communicated once again with the Minister for Education and Employment and appealed to him to look into the situation with urgency at St Clare’s College Secondary School in relation to the Prince’s Trust programme. Unlike what has happened in other schools, the Union stated that the Prince’s Trust programme in this instance is […]
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December 1, 2015 at 3:10 pm
The Directorate for General Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission informed the MUT that on 23 November 2015, Council and Commission have adopted the 2015 Joint Report under the ET 2020 strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training. The Report will be published in the Official Journal in all EU […]
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November 26, 2015 at 1:30 pm
On Saturday 21st November 2015 the MUT held its annual National conference, which this year had the topic “Vocational Education in and beyond Secondary Schools”. The following are links to the presentations held during the day. – “Improving apprenticeship: Why it is a priority?”, by Ms. Agnes Roman, Advisor and Expert, ETUC / ETUCE – “The […]
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November 25, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Union officials have just attended a demonstration session on new Laptops and all-in-one devices (desktop PCs). All teaching grades, including all KGAs and LSAs, will receive a new laptop whereas an all-in-one device shall be installed and connected to the interactive whiteboard in all classrooms. The MUT has been working incessantly in the past years […]
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