October 20, 2022 at 1:54 pm
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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October 20, 2022 at 1:34 pm
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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October 19, 2022 at 4:24 pm
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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October 19, 2022 at 8:41 am
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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October 17, 2022 at 12:56 pm
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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October 17, 2022 at 12:54 pm
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 […]
read more »October 17, 2022 at 12:52 pm
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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October 17, 2022 at 12:51 pm
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 […]
read more »October 17, 2022 at 12:49 pm
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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October 13, 2022 at 11:47 am
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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