January 22, 2016 at 9:45 am
Information received by the Union indicates that in a particular College, during the COH meeting, the Principal has apparently ordered the Heads of his college to refrain from consulting the Union in case of queries and/or difficulties unless they first seek his permission. The Union is directing its members to ignore this instruction as it […]
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January 22, 2016 at 9:10 am
The MUT wrote to the DGs in connection to Third Country National (TCN) Primary Teachers as the Union is informed that these teachers are being asked to make two copies of attendance per week apart from entering attendance on E1. In this respect, the MUT is directing them to take attendance on the E1 only. […]
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January 22, 2016 at 9:00 am
With reference to RDD 01/2016 entitled “Coders for PIRLS 2016 and ICCS 2016 Main Surveys” issued by the EU & International Affairs, Research and Policy Development Department, the MUT wrote to the Ministry to note that the circular is missing a very important detail, which is the rate of payment.
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January 19, 2016 at 12:10 pm
Following various queries and a wait of over a year, the Operations Directorate has confirmed that the call for applications for LSA1 will be issued beginning of February.
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January 19, 2016 at 11:30 am
The MUT, following feedback from various members, submitted with following suggestion to the Minister for Education and Employment over and above the list of suggestions already submitted with regards to changes in the Education Act. The Union stated that it believes that the law should allow post-secondary and/or tertiary vocational institutions, as well as post-secondary […]
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January 19, 2016 at 10:30 am
The MUT has reiterated its position with the Permanent Secretary at MEDE in relation to the formal objection made in relation to an eligibility criterion issued for the Position of Service Manager Educational Resources within the DES. The Union stated that it is completely unacceptable that the criterion in question opens a Scale 5 position […]
read more »January 15, 2016 at 2:40 pm
The MUT has been made aware of last minute decisions effecting 5th Form CCP students, which decisions imply changes to logistics and planning by Secondary School SMT Members. The MUT notes that this situation is symptomatic of the lack of advance planning by the education authorities resulting in disruption of local planning by school SMT […]
read more »January 15, 2016 at 1:15 pm
The Union is holding a meeting with all the Directors General during the first week of February on various pending issues, among which is the progression for persons on alternative / light load due to medical circumstances, issues at the higher secondary, CCP in Form 5, Chronic lack of INCOs, and various other issues. In […]
read more »January 15, 2016 at 12:55 pm
The MUT is informed that in various schools SDP committees are taking decisions which might impinge on the working conditions of various education grades. As an example, this week the Union was informed that in a particular secondary school an SDP committee arrived to a decision to initiate a system of check lists for all […]
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