October 4, 2021 at 3:12 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers is commemorating World Teachers Day 2021, which is held annually on 5th October. This year’s UNESCO World Teachers’ Day has the theme “Teachers at the heart of education recovery”. One and a half years into the COVID-19 crisis, World Teachers’ Day focuses on the support teachers need across the world […]
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October 4, 2021 at 11:30 am
The MUT is directing all teachers providing services at/to NSSS to refrain from compiling the newly-introduced logbooks requiring SMT signatures. The union is in disagreement with this new measure which has not been discussed or agreed upon.
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September 30, 2021 at 3:41 pm
The MUT held discussions with the Ministry about reported changes to supervision of LSEs in primary. MUT made its objections to the ministry as changes which were being implemented were not in line with existing practices. The ministry agreed to keep existing practices in place.
read more »September 30, 2021 at 10:00 am
Waqt intervent fil-midja mid-Direttur Ġenerali l-ġdid tas-Servizzi Edukattivi (DES) dwar il-kwistjoni tal-għalliema li ntbagħtu jgħallmu klassijiet tal-primarja fl-aħħar minuta minflok ma jagħtu servizzi speċjalizzati u essenzjali lill-istudenti, dan qal li (kwotazzjoni verbatim) “il-Ministeru għamel arranġamenti ukoll biex idaħħal servizzi minn barra biex jieħdu post xi servizzi li kienu jagħtu dawn l-għalliema”. Dan juri biċ-ċar kemm […]
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September 29, 2021 at 9:46 am
The MUT this morning wrote to the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner to file a data breach complaint for the actions carried out by the Ministry for Education. Yesterday evening, the Union was informed that the Ministry for Education was calling the partners of teachers to relay information of a deployment (transfer […]
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September 28, 2021 at 5:59 pm
Rapporti li qed jidħlu juru l-paniku assolut li jinsab fih il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni hekk kif uffiċjali qed iċemplu lill-għalliema fuq il-mowbajl privat tagħhom u jordnawlhom biex minn għada jirrapurtaw għax-xogħol fi skola oħra. Saħansitra kien hemm telefonati lil partners ta’ għalliema meta l-għalliema ma setgħux jiġu ikkuntattjati mill-Ministeru. Dan huwa attentat iddisprat sabiex il-Ministeru jipprova jgħatti […]
read more »September 28, 2021 at 12:47 pm
Earlier today, the MUT and its legal team were in court to defend affected members rights during the scheduled hearing of the court warrant filed by the Ministry for Education against the union. The session led to a decree by the sitting Judge who recused himself from the case. The case shall now pass to […]
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September 28, 2021 at 12:01 pm
An urgent online meeting is being held for members who are State Primary peripatetic, subject teaching in Primary, Complimentary, Nurture and services. This meeting is being held on Wednesday 29th September at 4pm. It will provide an update of the situation. Click HERE to register.
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September 27, 2021 at 10:25 am
Wara li ilna xhur nisimgħu lill-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni jgħid li għandu kollox ippreparat għall-ftuħ tas-sena skolastika, u wara l-insistenza mill-MUT mal-Ministeru sabiex dan il-pjan ikun magħruf u diskuss, il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni nkixef bil-fatti fi tmiem il-ġimgħa hekk kif ġie kkonfermat li numru sostanzjali ta’ klassijiet fil-primarja jinsabu mingħajr għalliem. F’paniku li ddomina l-aħħar jiem, il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni ħareġ […]
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September 26, 2021 at 10:10 am
Contrary to the image that the Ministry for Education is trying to portray regarding teacher shortage in primary schools, information which reached the union indicates that the Ministry has up to 150 primary classes without a teacher. In one of the most messy exercises carried out in the last decade, several teachers providing essential services […]
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