August 25, 2017 at 8:53 am
The MUT refers to the proposed measure by the Malta Employers Association whereby “the first day of sick leave should be unpaid and treated as a waiting day” because they fear sporadic sick leave especially linked to weekends. It is unacceptable that such regressive measures are even proposed and discussed in this day and age, […]
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July 12, 2017 at 9:57 am
Following statements by the Ministry for Education and Employment on the drastic reduction in students following courses leading to the teaching profession at the University of Malta, the MUT notes that the Government is now acknowledging the issue openly and looks forward to discussing the improvement in salaries, allowances and conditions of work of educators […]
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May 8, 2017 at 12:54 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers notes that various proposals made by the Union in recent months, during sectoral agreement negotiations, have been mentioned in electoral programmes of political parties. The Union hopes that as soon as the general election is over, these promises become reality for the benefit of Maltese and Gozitan pupils and educators […]
read more »May 2, 2017 at 5:06 pm
In a meeting held this afternoon the MUT Council has accepted a proposal made by the President to set up a working group and hire the services of professional auditors to restart the election process from scratch. More details will follow in the coming days.
read more »February 13, 2017 at 12:30 pm
The MUT notes that discussions between educators in the MUT Facebook Closed Group have ended as news items in sections of the press without permission. Whilst accepting that whatever is discussed on social media is never strictly private, the Union expects that journalists working on such news items have at least the decency of speaking […]
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February 3, 2017 at 5:38 pm
Following a lengthy conciliation meeting held late on Thursday, the MUT and MEDE came to an agreement on an action plan for Ħamrun Senior School. The plan has a list of several measures, some of which will come into effect by next Monday. The plan includes the assignment of a number of students with challenging […]
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January 25, 2017 at 4:20 pm
The MUT would like to note with satisfaction that Karen Mercieca – the LSA unjustly accused of abuse related to a child with learning disabilities – has just been acquitted from all charges by the Court of Appeals. The Union thanks everyone involved, in particular the law courts, members of the press who showed their […]
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January 16, 2017 at 12:50 pm
During a press conference today the MUT stated that Malta has a crisis in the teaching profession due to a variety of urgent issues which remain unresolved. These include lack of teachers in core areas, including English, Maths, Science, PE and Primary and lack of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs), which means that there is an […]
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November 2, 2016 at 3:39 pm
Following the trade dispute with Junior College and the decision by the University of Malta to stop the publishing of absent lecturers on the College monitors, the MUT would like to point out that it has no issue with students knowing that their lecture has been cancelled. The problem that the Union highlighted was that […]
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October 18, 2016 at 12:59 pm
As a reaction to the budget, the MUT notes that it is a continuation of previous initiatives and is meant to build on measures taken in recent years in the education sector. These include the building of more new schools and extensions of existent ones, measures related to literacy including a national centre for Curriculum […]
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