October 5, 2016 at 9:00 am
The Malta Union of Teachers is commemorating World Teachers Day 2016, held annually on 5th October, with the theme “Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status”. This is the official theme adopted by UNESCO and Education International, and is an opportunity to celebrate the teaching profession and to promote the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers […]
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September 22, 2016 at 4:12 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers has today presented an online petition after it collected almost 2,000 signatures asking for a more humane justice system. With this, the MUT is raising awareness that it is totally inhuman and unacceptable that court cases where the career, reputation and the very life of a person are at stake […]
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September 9, 2016 at 9:20 am
Following the acquittal of LSA Karen Mercieca and the subsequent appeal by the Attorney General, the Union notes with a high degree of disappointment that the appeal has been deferred once again by the Judge – this time to January 2017. This means that this saga on this family and all involved will now go […]
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July 14, 2016 at 12:35 pm
In relation to the SEC Results published yesterday, the MUT notes that these are very significant results as they are the first ones from post-Junior Lyceum students. Five scholastic years down the line, the Union is being proved right about the fact that the grand expectations from the new system, which changed drastically from a […]
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July 5, 2016 at 9:07 am
Following the launch of the amendments to the Education Act for consultation, the MUT will be reviewing the proposed documents in detail and will be issuing its detailed position in the coming weeks. As an initial reaction, the MUT welcomes the adoption of two of its proposals: 1. The inclusion of Kindergarten Assistants and Learning […]
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June 9, 2016 at 1:12 pm
The MUT refers to comments made by the Mayor of Sliema, Mr. Anthony Chircop, regarding objections to his proposed residents’ parking scheme. The Mayor reportedly said that educators working at schools in Sliema were the only ones who complained about the scheme whilst stating that the MUT hardly had any knowledge of the scheme during […]
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May 25, 2016 at 10:46 am
The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) today declared an industrial dispute with the Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School in Naxxar and issued a directive to its members not to attend the “Open Day” being organized by the School Headmaster. The original text of the Press Release (in Maltese) can be read here: L-MUT tordna Tilwima […]
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May 23, 2016 at 1:38 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers would like to clarify that, unlike what was reported in a particular Sunday paper, the meeting held by the Union at the ITS was about the proposals for a new collective agreement and was unrelated to the ITS relocation. During the meeting there was only one person who raised this […]
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May 19, 2016 at 6:12 pm
In a dissemination event today the project entitled “Peer Review in Adult Learning to Improve formal and Non-formal Education was presented as part of Erasmus+. The Malta Union of Teachers, along with other organisations from different EU Countries who are participating in the programme. The Erasmus+ project entitled “Peer Review in Adult Learning to Improve […]
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April 7, 2016 at 11:57 am
The MUT has written to the Minister for Education and Employment, the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure and the Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government on a ridiculous situation which has developed in Rabat allegedly due to Local Wardens engaged by the Local Council. It seems that Local Wardens, who are patrolling the streets around St. […]
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