September 9, 2021 at 12:29 pm
The MUT has held further discussions with the Ministry for Education regarding the replacement of laptops which is long overdue. The Ministry is still insisting that the issue is beyond its control as the reason for the delay is due to the shortage of electronic components required for the fabrication of laptops by the respective […]
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September 3, 2021 at 12:41 pm
The MUT has received information that the protocols, agreed between the Ministry for Education and the health authorities, have been finalised. These will be the official protocol documents upon which all practical aspects of implementation will be decided upon. During the next week, the MUT will be meeting the Ministry for Education in order to […]
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July 28, 2021 at 9:59 am
The MUT is following with interest the findings of the research, entitled “Educators in the State School Sector: The Challenges of an Ever-demanding Profession”, carried out by Prof. Mark Borg, which was initiated at the time by Minister Evarist Bartolo upon MUT’s request. It was launched in October 2019, in a joint press conference between […]
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July 23, 2021 at 5:17 pm
The MUT is reporting the failure in negotiations with the University of Malta on a new collective agreement for lecturing grades providing services at the University of Malta, Junior College. Earlier today, the MUT was presented with an amended position by the Government’s Industrial Relations Unit (IRU) whereby clauses which were discussed and length for […]
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June 25, 2021 at 10:49 am
L-MUT qed tieħu nota tal-messaġġi li qed tirċievi rigward is-sħana tremenda fil-klassijiet u wasslet dawn l-ilmenti u s-suġġerimenti lill-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni biex f’isem il-membri turi t-tħassib tagħha rigward din is-sitwazzjoni insopportabbli li l-edukaturi u l-istudenti qed jiffaċċjaw. Dan is-suġġett tqajjem diversi drabi mill-MUT fis-snin li għaddew, u sfortunatament dejjem ingħata l-ġenb mill-Ministeru. In-numru ta’ ACs fil-klassijiet […]
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June 21, 2021 at 9:37 am
The MUT is declaring a trade dispute with the Ministry for Education on the failure to recognise the role of Centre Administrators as Heads of Schools employed at the MAV College. Despite repeated attempts to address this situation, which has been dragging since 2018, the Ministry is still not willing to provide the requested recognition […]
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June 4, 2021 at 3:13 pm
The MUT has given notice of a second industrial dispute with MCAST for the following reasons: 1) Failure of MCAST to sign a new collective agreement for Managers out of spite when the text and negotiations process has passed through all approval stages and is concluded; 2) Failure of MCAST to reach an agreement on […]
read more »June 2, 2021 at 11:22 am
The Malta Union of Teachers has issued an ultimatum which shall expire on Thursday 10th June at noon since the Ministry for Education failed to implement a recommendation regarding the change of grade of Centre Coordinators at the MAV College. This is a long-standing issue, which has been followed by MUT and respective Centre Coordinators […]
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May 7, 2021 at 12:55 pm
The MUT has notified the Ministry for Education that today it shall refrain from attending the scheduled meeting of the working group (task force) in protest over the way this working group is being run. The MUT, together with representatives of State, Church and Independent schools, have attended five consecutive meetings having the same agenda, […]
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May 4, 2021 at 9:45 am
The MUT is informed that the LSE1 call and selection process has been annulled by the Public Service Commission (PSC). The union has been informed that the decision by the PSC was allegedly due to a public disclosure of interview questions, which triggered the annulment of the process. If verified, this highly irresponsible action dragged […]
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