Following a number of complaints received, the MUT is asking the MEDE for clarification on the mentoring role of HODs and Assistant Heads. Information will be issued following a reply on the matter.

Following discussions with the Director for Student Services, the MUT notes that official tags within the Gozo College are not mandatory but are meant for identification purposes only especially in instance outside school premises where cases apply. Thus, as previously notified, the Union confirms that members are not obliged to wear them.

Following information that Peripatetic teachers at the Gozo College have been ordered to wear official tags when they are within school premises, the MUT would like to clarify that there is no agreement on such tags and therefore members are not obliged to wear them until such time as an agreement is reached.

Following communication with the Ministry for Education & Employment, the MUT would like to update members at State Schools on the following two issues: a) Regarding the Directorate for Student Services, the Union is directing members to ignore any verbal orders from officials and/or consultants and only take orders in writing. b) Regarding the issues […]

The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Employment as following the media coverage of the alleged case at St Gorg Preca Senior School Hamrun (ex Liceo), many staff members have expressed serious concern about their safety especially when entering and leaving the school premises. Following the many comments by […]

The MUT has written to the Minister for Education and Employment in relation to the alleged abuse case in Ħamrun Senior School, ex Lyceum. The Union stated that from the initial evidence, this case is seemingly similar to previous cases involving allegations on educators. In its correspondence, the Union stated that unfortunately the teacher concerned […]

The MUT is informed that a particular Primary School has resorted to disseminate recommendations made by an Education Officer via a School Memo following an informal visit to particular class teacher/s. In so doing, the school administration is indirectly exposing the staff member/s concerned. The MUT wrote to the Head of School involved about its […]

As already reported last year, the Union reminds members that feedback for parents’ days or evenings is voluntary and not obligatory. Furthermore: (1) teachers are not obliged and may rightly refuse to give personal e-mail addresses; (2) are not obliged to enter comments for students; (3) are not obliged to adopt a classification system of […]

Regards the use of mobile phones, the MUT wishes to clarify that unless an educator is given funding for a mobile phone including the mobile phone service one is using, the person is under no obligation to use his/her personal mobile phone to answer calls for work related purposes. This applies even during working hours […]

Following correspondence sent to Head of Schools by the Principal Permanent Secretary, the MUT asked the Ministry why the PPS has made training about appraisals mandatory to Heads when appraisals of educators are regulated by the current sectoral agreement and are currently not in place following a suspension dating back a number of years. In […]