November 21, 2018 at 11:55 am
The enforcement of the healthy eating policy in schools will signify that schools will not be able to organise any activity involving food. The policy is highly restrictive on the type of food which is allowed, which shall mean that schools will have to eliminate any food from events. Furthermore, schools cannot be expected to […]
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November 19, 2018 at 4:54 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) is this week commemorating its 99th Anniversary – which falls on 22nd November – with a series of activities. The main activity is a National Conference, held today Tuesday 20th November 2018 entitled “The role of international studies (TIMSS, PIRLS and PISA) in providing a true picture of Maltese […]
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November 13, 2018 at 3:36 pm
The MUT notes that there is a number of newly employed educators across the country, including teachers, LSEs and KGEs, who are still without their laptops. The MUT has been in contact with the Ministry for Education and Employment on this issue since September after it was informed that these newly employed grades were being […]
read more »November 13, 2018 at 3:30 pm
The MUT would like to note that the meeting held by KGEs one per term in the afternoon, where pupils are sent home earlier, can still be held as per previous years and will be part of the 40 hours of CoPE. This is apart from the Curriculum Time as stipulated in the Sectoral Agreement. […]
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November 13, 2018 at 3:26 pm
The MUT and DCLE have agreed the final submission date by teachers for the Half-Yearly examinations papers (2018-2019). This will be Friday 14th December 2018. Update: This date is for Secondary. Directives are still applicable for teachers of Maths and Maltese.
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November 9, 2018 at 12:35 pm
The MUT refers to the “Leave Entitlement for Education Grades” in the State Sectoral Agreement, clause 6.1 point (ii) where it states that “Special Leave can only be availed of in periods of not less than 30-minute blocks”. The Union would like to clarify that what this means is that Special Leave bookings cannot be […]
read more »November 9, 2018 at 12:34 pm
The MUT would like to point out that KGEs at State schools do not need to dismantle resources from their class if they have a student KGE. For any specific matters please contact the MUT accordingly.
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November 7, 2018 at 3:48 pm
A University of Malta student reading for a Masters Degree in Comparative education is conducting a research study focusing on the experiences and perceptions of Maltese educators of streamed and mixed ability classrooms. The research project is entitled “Maltese Educators’ experiences and perceptions of streamed and mixed ability classes. A comparative study.” The aim of […]
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November 7, 2018 at 10:36 am
As already reported in previous years, the Union reminds members that feedback for parents’ days or evenings is voluntary and not obligatory. Furthermore: (1) teachers are not obliged and may rightly refuse to give personal e-mail addresses; (2) are not obliged to enter comments for students; (3) are not obliged to adopt a classification system […]
read more »November 5, 2018 at 2:41 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) is hereby announcing a National Conference entitled “The role of international studies (TIMSS, PIRLS and PISA) in providing a true picture of Maltese Students’ Attainment”. This conference will include the presentation of a study and analysis conducted by Dr. Vincent Marmara’ on behalf of the MUT together with subsequent […]
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