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Non-contact time in State Primary – breach of agreement

October 20, 2022 at 1:58 pm

Non-contact time in State Primary – breach of agreement

The MUT was in contact with the Ministry for Education after it was informed that the non-contact time in Primary schools is being filled with meetings. The MUT stated that this is in breach of the agreement whereby meetings during the non-contact time should be limited to sixty minutes per week and cannot take the […]

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MUT Diaries 2023

October 20, 2022 at 1:54 pm

MUT Diaries 2023

Paid-up members who would like to receive the MUT diary at their school or workplace can now fill in the form below by Friday 4th November 2022. Delivery will be made in the subsequent weeks. Members who submitted their SEPA Direct Debit Form may request it as well as their fee will be deducted as […]

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Payment for the non-contact time and 15 mins break

October 20, 2022 at 1:34 pm

Payment for the non-contact time and 15 mins break

The MUT and the Education Ministry have reached an agreement about payment of non-contact time for teachers and LSEs in primary schools and the 15 mins break for LSEs. In situations where the non-contact time or the 15 mins break cannot be taken, the Ministry shall be issuing a payment to cover the stipulated time. […]

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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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