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Category Archives: State Schools

Payment for the non-contact time and 15 mins break

October 20, 2022 at 1:34 pm

Payment for the non-contact time and 15 mins break

The MUT and the Education Ministry have reached an agreement about payment of non-contact time for teachers and LSEs in primary schools and the 15 mins break for LSEs. In situations where the non-contact time or the 15 mins break cannot be taken, the Ministry shall be issuing a payment to cover the stipulated time. […]

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Laptops in State schools

October 17, 2022 at 12:54 pm

Laptops in State schools

The longstanding saga of the distribution of laptops for educators in state schools seems to be nearing its conclusion. Since the first tender by the Education Ministry was not sufficient to cover the distribution of all laptops to educators, a second tender was issued in the past months and the chosen supplier is starting the […]

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Class size in comparison to EU averages

October 17, 2022 at 12:51 pm

Class size in comparison to EU averages

During the past days, various reports were published regarding the number of students per teacher. Whilst different figures and versions were reported, the source is a document known as Eurydice which issues frequent statistics about education in Europe. However, as with all statistical documents, the data is provided by the respective countries and Eurydice just […]

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Non-contact time and 15 mins break – compensation requested

October 12, 2022 at 4:42 pm

Non-contact time and 15 mins break – compensation requested

The MUT has made a request to the Education Ministry that in circumstances when the non-contact time of KGEs and Teachers and the 15min break of LSEs cannot be granted, the payment model used during the pandemic is applied. The union is waiting for feedback from the Ministry regarding this request.

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Schools finance requirements – directive still in force 

October 11, 2022 at 2:45 pm

Schools finance requirements – directive still in force 

The union has communicated with the education ministry to oppose the introduction of further restrictive measures related to purchasing of essential items by schools for school running. The latest direction effectively means that for every purchase there have to be 7 documents being required. This is unacceptable. The MUT reminds that a directive (D220207A) is […]

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Piloting of the PE programme in primary

October 11, 2022 at 12:00 pm

Piloting of the PE programme in primary

The MUT has communicated with the Education Ministry regarding the piloting of the PE programme in primary schools to share the feedback of members, regarding the implications of the programme on the rest of the subjects, and to seek solutions. The union values physical education as a measure to uphold physical exercise and to reduce […]

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MUT asks for Ministry intervention – school halls and facilities still used as stores for COVID-related material

October 6, 2022 at 2:10 pm

MUT asks for Ministry intervention – school halls and facilities still used as stores for COVID-related material

The MUT was in communication with the Ministry for Education, Sports, Youths, Research and Innovation after it received reports from a number of schools whereby they cannot make use of their facilities since they are still used as stores for Covid-related materials by the Government. This includes a number of school halls, which still cannot […]

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MUT – Viżjoni għall-Edukazzjoni 2023-2027

July 12, 2022 at 11:48 am

MUT – Viżjoni għall-Edukazzjoni 2023-2027

Wara numru ta’ laqgħat preliminari mal-membri f’Ġunju li għadda, fejn ġie diskuss il-proċess relatat man-negozjati tal-ftehim settorali, l-MUT qed tħabbar numru ta’ passi li jmiss f’dan ir-rigward: – Qabelxejn, l-MUT fi Frar li għadda ppubblikat dokument għall-partiti politiċi b’sittin proposta li ħafna minnhom huma direttament relatati mal-ftehim settorali. Dan id-dokument jinstab HAWN. – Bħalissa hemm […]

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Objection to plans for GEM16+

June 30, 2022 at 12:27 pm

Objection to plans for GEM16+

The MUT was in communication with the DES after it was informed about their plans to relocate Student Services to the premises currently used by GEM16+. Whilst this decision has been taken without any consultation with the school and the union, the MUT stated that it is opposing strongly any plans to use the current […]

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