April 21, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Updated on 25th April: The Directive still applies for COPE session on curricular subjects carried out by EOs or HODs as directed by the Education Ministry. It is being clarified that the following are excluded from this directive: Church and Independent schools, professional development sessions carried out by units, institutes, schools or colleges. The MUT […]
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March 24, 2023 at 4:04 pm
The MUT is receiving information that some schools are requesting teachers to sign draft timetables as part of the classification exercise. The Union reminds all Teachers that this procedure is not agreed upon and is therefore directing all Teachers to refrain from signing any timetable or similar classification document. Any pressure to sign such documents […]
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March 14, 2023 at 12:57 pm
The MUT is receiving feedback from members about the confusion related to the organisation of CoPE sessions. Members reported receiving no direction about questions asked related to the sessions. Furthermore EOs and HODs do not have sufficient information about curricular changes being implemented and are therefore not in a position to carry out sessions with […]
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March 14, 2023 at 12:51 pm
A dispute between the MUT, Education Ministry and MATSEC has reached a new level now that the union is informed that MATSEC decided unilaterally to stop offering SEAC subjects. In its latest attempt to shift the blame, the MATSEC shall be claiming that it shall stop offering SEAC due to the directive of the MUT […]
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February 27, 2023 at 9:56 am
In a communication to the Education Ministry, the MUT has declared its mistrust in the fact-finding committee appointed by the Ministry to gather information regarding a student’s aggression in a school in Gozo, which left an educator with hand fractures. Rather than gathering information as per its remit, the fact finding-committee, which is other than […]
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January 30, 2023 at 3:54 pm
The MUT has directed all grades at IFE to initiate industrial actions from today Monday 30th January. These directives follow a trade dispute which has been declared earlier, on the failure of negotiations for a new collective agreement. This escalation has occurred since an updated financial proposal, which was supposed to provide an increase over […]
read more »January 23, 2023 at 3:41 pm
The MUT is hereby directing members at NSSS to refrain from working on new practices involving questionnaires related to quality assurance. The union notices that new practices are being introduced without consultation and hence members are directed to refrain from adhering with instructions on the said new practices. D230123A
read more »January 23, 2023 at 2:59 pm
The MUT has declared a trade dispute with the Ministry of Education following the failure by the same Ministry to provide a satisfactory financial proposal in relation to the Institute for Education (IfE). Following correspondence with the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry and the IfE CEO, the union stated that it shall be announcing industrial […]
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December 2, 2022 at 4:22 pm
The MUT refers to the directives in force regarding ticking of LOs, which is to refrain from filling any ticking on LOs in any platform including online. To this effect, all educators are to ignore letter circular DLAP 285/2022 of 29th November 2022 since it has been issued without any agreement with the MUT. Members […]
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November 30, 2022 at 1:02 pm
The union has objected with the Education Ministry regarding the implementation of colleges SDPs in some schools. This follows communications by some Head College Networks requiring schools to work on colleges SDPs. Schools are being inundated with tasks and targets to be attained to satisfy SDPs of colleges. Whilst the direction has been withdrawn by […]
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