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 […]
read more »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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June 23, 2016 at 11:29 am
The MUT is informed that some schools are trying to introduce initiatives that they are calling “Peer Reviews”, where teachers visit classes to watch lessons of their colleagues and prepare a report with the outcomes which has to be handed in to the school administration. The Union would like to remind members that this is […]
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June 22, 2016 at 2:59 pm
The MUT will be meeting the Student Services Department after receiving a number of complaints from guidance teachers who were requested to start filling in new, more detailed, templates about their duties. More information will be provided following this meeting and its outcomes.
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June 17, 2016 at 12:55 pm
June 17, 2016 at 12:48 pm
The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Education and Employment after a group of LSAs have just finished a course – with official results just published – to upgrade their qualification to the one requested for LSA2. The Union asked the government to issue a call for applications in the coming […]
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June 17, 2016 at 12:44 pm
Following correspondence on the issue, the Archbishop’s Secretary for Catholic Education replied by stating that they regularly invest in technology and schools thanks to the contributions given by Government, the Church and the parents, and that they have already forked out the money to buy laptops for the teachers. The Archbishop’s Secretary also stated that […]
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June 17, 2016 at 12:38 pm
The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Education and Employment on behalf of Union members to look urgently into the situation developing near the Institute of Creative Arts (formerly IAD) building in Mosta. This particular building lies between what appears to be two construction sites, one which seems to be illegal […]
read more »June 15, 2016 at 12:24 pm
From information received it seems that in some Colleges LSAs are being requested to provide documentation, such as daily schedules, to the school. These will be kept permanently by the school administration with no option to access them before the end of the summer holidays. While the Union agrees that there has to be proper […]
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