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Declaration of trade dispute with the Secretariat for Catholic Education

October 19, 2022 at 4:24 pm

Declaration of trade dispute with the Secretariat for Catholic Education

The MUT has declared a trade dispute with the Secretariat for Catholic Education, who is the signatory of the collective agreement with the MUT for all educators in all Church schools. This dispute has been declared since St Albert the Great College rector entertained discussions of a collective nature with upe through an invitation to […]

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Rector-upe alliance proves the mistrust in both

October 19, 2022 at 8:41 am

Rector-upe alliance proves the mistrust in both

Yesterday, in an anticipated communication regarding St Albert the Great College, the upe boasted about a cordial meeting held with the rector. How mischievous of a rector inviting upe, which represents no educator, to spite his employees who are instead represented by the MUT. How mischievous is to hear the same narrative of the rector […]

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Education Act, University Act, MCAST Act, ITS Act

October 17, 2022 at 12:56 pm

Education Act, University Act, MCAST Act, ITS Act

The MUT addressed cabinet last week during a meeting dedicated to education. The main intervention of the union has been focussed on the respective acts which provide the legislative frameworks for institutions. The Education Act, which covers education until compulsory school age, has been passed through all stages in parliament and yet the requested legal […]

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Laptops in State schools

October 17, 2022 at 12:54 pm

Laptops in State schools

The longstanding saga of the distribution of laptops for educators in state schools seems to be nearing its conclusion. Since the first tender by the Education Ministry was not sufficient to cover the distribution of all laptops to educators, a second tender was issued in the past months and the chosen supplier is starting the […]

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Agreements: IfE, Church Student Services, MCAST, ITS and Sectoral/Collective

October 17, 2022 at 12:52 pm

Agreements: IfE, Church Student Services, MCAST, ITS and Sectoral/Collective

The MUT has concluded negotiations on the University of Malta Junior College agreement and is waiting for its signing. Meanwhile, it has ongoing negotiations with the Institute for Education for its first collective agreement, with MCAST for the renewal of its agreement, the ITS for the renewal of the agreement and the Secretariat for Catholic […]

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Class size in comparison to EU averages

October 17, 2022 at 12:51 pm

Class size in comparison to EU averages

During the past days, various reports were published regarding the number of students per teacher. Whilst different figures and versions were reported, the source is a document known as Eurydice which issues frequent statistics about education in Europe. However, as with all statistical documents, the data is provided by the respective countries and Eurydice just […]

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Update St Albert the Great College

October 17, 2022 at 12:49 pm

Update St Albert the Great College

The rector’s request for a warrant of prohibitory injunction against the MUT has been turned down by the court, confirming that the union can issue directives to protect its members at the college. The college is on its knees due to leadership of the rector, which led to a quarter of the staff resigning, besides […]

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Reminder regarding directive on SDP

October 13, 2022 at 11:47 am

Reminder regarding directive on SDP

The union reminds members that the directive to refrain from carrying out any work on School Development Planning (SDP) is still in force. Contrary to what is being said, the directive is unrelated to the pandemic. Any pressure should be reported to the MUT through the usual channels.

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Non-contact time and 15 mins break – compensation requested

October 12, 2022 at 4:42 pm

Non-contact time and 15 mins break – compensation requested

The MUT has made a request to the Education Ministry that in circumstances when the non-contact time of KGEs and Teachers and the 15min break of LSEs cannot be granted, the payment model used during the pandemic is applied. The union is waiting for feedback from the Ministry regarding this request.

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Vacancies at St Edward’s College, Malta

October 12, 2022 at 4:39 pm

Vacancies at St Edward’s College, Malta

The MUT has received this message for members: Please be advised that the following vacancies have arisen at St Edward’s College:– Junior School Teacher, Year 6 – Full Time– Science and Biology Teacher, Middle and Senior School – Full Time– SLSE/LSEI/LSEII/LSEIII – Full Time– Business Studies Teacher Senior School – Part Time Details can be […]

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