The MUT is receiving reports about administrative/clerical duties being delegated to teachers. This includes inputting of emails to create online groups. The MUT notes that teachers are expected to carry out teaching but cannot be expected to carry out administrative/clerical duties. Members are requested to report any undue pressure to the union.

The MUT will be meeting with the Ministry for Education and Employment following its protest in relation to the lack of consultation with the Union on the proposed closure of the Education Hub in Msida. The MUT objected to this, and while it expected MEDE to initiate immediate discussions, the union stated that it is […]

The MUT refers to the issuing of HR/04/2020 entitled “Donation of Vacation Leave from the Teaching grades” by the Directorate for Human Resources within MEDE. The MUT encourages all state educators to be generous and show solidarity with public sector and public service colleagues in need by donating any number of hours from their remaining […]

The MUT once again contacted the DES after it was informed that despite an understanding otherwise, some LSEs were still told to send reviews to parents. In a reply, the DES stated that in the correspondence sent yesterday it should have explicitly been stated that these IEP reviews shall not be sent to parents or […]

Following concerns raised with the DES in relation to IEP reviews, a meeting was held between MUT and DES. Whilst the DES acknowledged that the timing of the communication was not right and that there were various interpretations caused by multiple communications, the DES assured the MUT that a clear direction is being provided following […]

The MUT is currently in discussion with the Directorate for Educational Services after a communication was sent to LSEs through the respective HODs inclusion. This communication stated that HODs have been given instructions to inform LSEs that they are to fill in reviews of IEPs and send a copy to the parents by email. It […]

The MUT is informed that teachers and lecturers are receiving pressure to add administrative personnel to their respective virtual learning environment so they can monitor what is being carried out. This confirms the level of mistrust of some administrators in education. In one particular case the rights were changed centrally to give access for monitoring […]

The MUT intervened and stopped an online meeting which was called by a particular State school during the holiday periods. This is the second reported case where meetings were called during holiday periods or weekends. The MUT also intervened to stop another meeting which was being planned for tomorrow. This is unacceptable and the MUT […]

The MUT is informed that some private companies providing services to students with disabilities are bypassing schools and communicating directly with LSEs of students. The MUT is informed that these companies are placing additional demands on LSEs by assigning work to LSEs. These instructions are not passing through schools and are therefore not approved. In […]