The MUT has communicated with MEDE regarding meetings being held by school management during the periods when educators should be working on their core teaching duties. The union is informed that some schools are organising regular meetings which are not timetabled. There were reports of meetings having a duration of 5 hours, meetings which were […]

Following discussions held with the respective directorate, it was agreed that KGEs shall only be required to submit their record of work at the end of the month. This decision has been requested since schemes of work cannot be provided following the change in methodology being carried out.

The MUT notifies members that the direction regarding changes of English textbooks in primary schools was withdrawn as requested by the MUT. In fact, following information by members, the MUT looked into the issue of changes to these textbooks through circular DLAP122/2020. The Union expects consultation with educators involved and who will actually use the […]

Following a meeting held between the MUT and the management of the National Literacy Agency, updated guidelines have been issued for participants of the Reading Recovery programme. These were forwarded by the agency directly to participants who are being encouraged to seek any further clarifications as required from the agency or from the MUT.

The MUT is issuing these points to clarify matters related to DCLE09/2020 (“Developing online teaching and learning further” issued by the Ministry for Education and Employment) following queries from members: – Please make sure to read the circular issued with official directions and to ignore interpretations, particularly those suggesting additional work not requested in the […]

The MUT is currently in correspondence with the National Literacy Agency regarding issues being experienced by educators enrolled in the Reading Recovery Programme. Members have noted that during this period of online teaching, the agency has asked participating teachers to do an excessive number of sessions with students, live lessons which cannot be enforced (in […]

The MUT has been informed by the Directorate for Educational Services (DES) that educators at Learning Support Centres were asked, and are all in agreement, with a minor shift in the opening/closing times. From the next scholastic year, the opening time being proposed will be 8.15 and the closing time 14.15. Since the MUT was […]

The MUT is following the procedure regarding the collection of books from primary schools and is issuing this clarification based on discussions with the Ministry for Education and the Health authorities as reflected in the respective circular which has been issued. Reference to educators includes SMT. – The procedure for the collection of books applies […]

The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary in relation to the circulars issued regarding collection of books in primary schools. The issue is that the Union is hearing all sort of directions from schools, some of which are outright misinformation. These include, for example, that parents will visit classrooms in the presence of teachers or […]