October 9, 2015 at 3:55 pm
Yesterday the MUT and St Martin’s College signed a new Collective Agreement. The agreement, which has negotiated during the past months, was approved by members at the College during a meeting held at the start of the scholastic year. It consolidates the previous agreement with the College whilst improving salaries and allowances of teachers. The […]
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October 9, 2015 at 3:45 pm
The MUT wrote to the MCAST President after various members at the Institute of Art & Design have expressed their concerns about the amount of students to be attending this institute this scholastic year. It appears that the institute already has almost 1000 students and the applications are still open. With space being very limited, […]
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October 9, 2015 at 3:30 pm
The MUT reminds guidance teachers about the Directive by the Union not to fill templates requiring exhaustive detail of various sessions held during the scholastic year. The Union had stated that such a template is too detailed considering the amount of sessions and can also raise issues related to data protection.
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October 8, 2015 at 4:10 pm
The issue relating to art, drama and music peripatetic teachers is now concluded. Following directives issued by the Union, the DG DQSE assumed full responsibility of the Directorate’s actions and stated that he will be addressing internal issues within the DQSE and communication issues with other Directorates to avoid future similar situations. Meanwhile, the solution […]
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October 8, 2015 at 4:00 pm
The MUT wrote to the DG DES and DG DQSE after it received a number of complaints from complementary teachers that they received instructions from the Literacy Agency to perform duties which are not commensurate with their role. At the same time the Union received a number of complaints from class teachers who cannot perform […]
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October 8, 2015 at 3:45 pm
The MUT today met the Provincial of De La Salle Brothers, who run Stella Maris College, to discuss the situations mentioned by the Union in the past weeks related to recruitment at the school. During the meeting Brother Provincial Martin Borg FSC explained that a series of reforms are being planned for the school to […]
read more »October 8, 2015 at 3:35 pm
The MUT wrote to the Director at DSS after members reported that they were requested to produce a typed version of the IEP. The Union stated that this is the first time such instructions have been issued as it is understood that LSAs do not have access to a laptop to carry out such work. […]
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October 8, 2015 at 3:30 pm
The Union held a meeting yesterday with the Minister for Education and Employment, the Permanent Secretary, the DG DES, the Director for HRD and a representative from the Prince’s Trust from the UK. From the meeting it emerged that there appears to be a gross misunderstanding in a number of schools about who is to […]
read more »October 6, 2015 at 4:25 pm
The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing After the MUT met its members who teach drama, art and music, it results that the situation reported yesterday by the MUT in relation to peripatetic teachers was brought about because of a serious lack of coordination between Directorates within the same Ministry. […]
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