January 24, 2020 at 4:16 pm
The MUT this morning met the new Minister for Education and Employment Hon. Owen Bonnici together with the Permanent Secretary and the Head of Secretariat in a cordial introductory meeting at the MUT headquarters in Ħamrun. Apart from congratulating him, a number of issues were discussed, including the role of MUT as the recognised trade […]
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October 31, 2019 at 1:38 pm
In correspondence with the Minister for Education and Employment, the MUT took up the issue of basic services to educators such as supply of water. Members are, for example, seeing that nurses are complaining about free food at the canteen whilst they do not even have the free supply of drinking water. Educators, in fact, […]
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April 29, 2019 at 4:36 pm
The Institute for Education will be hosting an open day on the 10th May 2019. This event will take place at the Institute for Education, Martin Luther King Road, Pembroke between 15:00 and 20:00hrs. Any queries should be directed to ife@ilearn.edu.mt. More information on the Facebook Event Link HERE. Please note that the Malta Union […]
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March 1, 2019 at 1:15 pm
Following the official request made yesterday, the Minister for Education and Employment replied to the MUT stating that it will be considered. However he warned that the announced scheme took a substantial amount of time to develop and put in place. The MUT thanks the Minister for his reply. However the MUT is positive that, […]
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February 6, 2019 at 12:22 pm
A meeting was held this morning between the MUT and the Minister for Education and Employment after the Union requested it urgently to discuss and seek solutions related to security in schools. The MUT put forward nine proposals, which are being outlined along with the reaction of the Ministry for Education and Employment (MEDE) as […]
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January 21, 2019 at 3:42 pm
The MUT refers to concerns related to the Public Administration Act proposal currently being debated in Parliament. The Union, as part of For.U.M., participated in Parliament’s House Committee last week and shall continue to follow the matter. Previously and on the day, MUT received verbal assurance that educators performing regulatory functions (quality assurance) shall not […]
read more »January 11, 2019 at 4:31 pm
The MUT is in currently in discussion with the Principal Permanent Secretary and the Permanent Secretary at the Education Ministry as it is concerned about the implications of the proposed public administration act being debated in Parliament. The main concern is about an article being proposed regulating personnel carrying regulatory functions – the revolving doors […]
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January 11, 2019 at 4:27 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers has requested the Council for the Teaching Profession to investigate a high-level official within a college in the education sector after the same education official was in breach of five clauses of the Teachers’ Code of Ethics. These include the clauses in which educators are encouraged to act with a […]
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October 3, 2018 at 3:50 pm
The MUT Council held an ad-hoc meeting on Wednesday evening in view of the MUT’s uncovering of the plans of the Government to undermine the profession and the professional status of educators through the education act presented in Parliament. The Council is hereby communicating its position: – The MUT is expecting the Government to withdraw […]
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