October 4, 2018 at 11:25 am
Din hija ittra li ntbagħtet illum lill-Ministru għall-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol mill-President tal-MUT Marco Bonnici. Għażiż Hon. Bartolo, Aħna l-Malta Union of Teachers iddiżappuntati mmens dwar kif sirna nafu b’dan l-att u dak li jinkludi. Iddiżappuntati wkoll illi kieku aħna ma ndunajniex dwar il-preżentazzjoni tal-att fil-Parlament, dan kien jgħaddi kif inhu mingħajr tibdil. Il-Ministeru għażel li […]
read more »October 3, 2018 at 3:50 pm
The MUT Council held an ad-hoc meeting on Wednesday evening in view of the MUT’s uncovering of the plans of the Government to undermine the profession and the professional status of educators through the education act presented in Parliament. The Council is hereby communicating its position: – The MUT is expecting the Government to withdraw […]
read more »October 3, 2018 at 10:55 am
– The MUT would like to inform members that it has cancelled all meetings with the Directorates. – The only meeting being accepted is the one with the Minister so that the MUT can state black on white all the objections to the proposed Education Act, which includes the teachers’ warrant and the proposed KGEs […]
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October 2, 2018 at 1:11 pm
L-MUT tagħmel referenza għall-Att dwar l-Edukazzjoni l-ġdid li qiegħed jiġi propost mill-Gvern. Filwaqt li l-Gvern għamel numru ta’ sessjonijiet ta’ konsultazzjoni dwar l-att propost, l-MUT saret taf fl-aħħar jiem li l-verżjoni finali qiegħda quddiem il-Parlament sabiex tiġi diskussa fis-seduti li jmiss. L-Att jikkonsisti fi tliet dokumenti, numru 53, 54 u 55, li jinsabu online fis-sit […]
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October 2, 2018 at 9:52 am
As the MUT had predicted, MCAST Finance Office has just issued adjustments to members of staff following the Collective Agreement and most of the adjustments are wrong. The Union flagged the issue to management many times, including during the negotiations as well as during initial meetings with the new MCAST management, and MCAST assured the […]
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October 1, 2018 at 3:51 pm
Members are being directed to refrain from filling and forwarding a declaration about the distribution of ECDL notes to students as teachers cannot be responsible or have any control on teaching material passed on to students.
read more »September 28, 2018 at 8:21 pm
Following the request for information regarding loading of teachers, the Union noted that a load of 25 lessons was not issued in exceptional circumstances only as stipulated in the respective agreement. Instead, the classification of schools was worked out with the proviso of 25 lessons in the first place. The MUT has communicated several times […]
read more »September 28, 2018 at 12:45 pm
The MUT notes that some form teachers are being asked to carry out form teacher duties in access of the 40 minute weekly allocation, which is the compensation given for these duties. This is in breach of the agreement and members are therefore to refrain from carrying out duties beyond these allocated 40 minutes weekly. […]
read more »September 28, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Following correspondence with MCAST management on the reduction of students’ learning entitlement, the MUT believes that MCAST is being very short-sighted and is not seeing the implications. MCAST’s position to safeguard student’s learning entitlement was so strong during directives of the Union earlier this year and made whatever possible to avoid students missing one minute […]
read more »September 27, 2018 at 3:14 pm
The MUT has written to the Information Management Unit (IMU) within MEDE after it was informed that newly employed grades who are requesting the laptop are being told that no laptops are available. The IMU are also telling them that there is no indication of when these will be distributed. The Union has requested a […]
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