March 18, 2016 at 9:00 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers would like to congratulate Prof. Alfred Vella on becoming the new Rector of the University of Malta. The Union hopes to collaborate closely with Prof. Vella both on trade-unionistic issues and debates and on professional, academic matters. Meanwhile, the MUT would also like to thank Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino for his […]
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March 18, 2016 at 11:46 am
March 17, 2016 at 2:07 pm
The MUT has lodged a Complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman against the Ministry for Education and Employment regarding the situation of Youth Workers. In its formal Complaint, the MUT has requested the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate the current set-up under the auspices of the said Ministry. The MUT retains that the […]
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March 17, 2016 at 1:07 pm
The Union has always encouraged members who have decided about their leave requests or family arrangements to submit the respective applications at the earliest to facilitate the related replacement/ deployment processes. However the Union is not in agreement with a deadline stipulated in letter circular HR06-2016 which specifies that applications for leave periods need to […]
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March 17, 2016 at 12:52 pm
During a four hour meeting held yesterday, where the Union was supposed to have its turn to outline its proposals, Union officials walked out during a stormy session in which previous agreements were highly criticised and labelled as a complete failure by Directorate officials. This occurred as the MUT noted that the Directorates want to […]
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March 17, 2016 at 12:21 pm
The MUT has written to the Archbishop of Malta after it is evident that the Archbishop’s Secretariat for Education is inventing excuses to refrain from helping a teacher who is requesting a temporary change of duties due to grave health reasons. The Secretary for the Archbishop is even expecting to dictate to the medical consultant […]
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March 17, 2016 at 12:01 pm
An article entitled “Malta – survey on the introduction of VET subjects in secondary general education” has been published on the CEDEFOP website. It relates to the survey conducted with members on the introduction of vocational education and training (VET) subjects at lower secondary level general education (secondary schools) in Malta. Click here to view. […]
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March 16, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition that plagues 1 in 10 of the Maltese population. Teaching children about the importance of a healthy diet has never been more important. A talk entitled “Diabetes and Processed Food: An experiment that failed” is being held by world renowned paediatric endocrinologist and nutrition expert Professor Robert Lustig […]
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March 14, 2016 at 12:22 pm
The MUT Youth section has just published the first issue of its e-newsletter for 2016, which is the ninth one for the current term. Articles focus primarily on the Academics’ Views of Science Education in Malta, contains A brief analysis of the Hallmarks of a Learning Community as drawn by Sergiovanni within a Maltese Context […]
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