The MUT wrote to the DG DES on behalf of LSAs who are being asked to accompany their student/s to Learning Centres, sometimes even twice a week. The MUT stated that the practice of asking an LSA to accompany students to a Learning Centre is not a practice that was ever agreed upon between both […]

The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment to ask him to enter into urgent discussions to find solutions to the current recruitment crisis related to English Language teachers. For the short term the Union is proposing something similar to the system adopted in the health care sphere, where an international call for […]

The MUT communicated once again with the Minister for Education and Employment and appealed to him to look into the situation with urgency at St Clare’s College Secondary School in relation to the Prince’s Trust programme. Unlike what has happened in other schools, the Union stated that the Prince’s Trust programme in this instance is […]

The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment to express its disappointment after the Directorate for Education Services has issued a written warning – which is also disciplinary action in terms of the Public Service – to a Head of School at the Gozo College. The Union stated that it is disappointed primarily […]

The MUT is informed of instances whereby teaching grades are being informed that LOFs will be implemented as from next scholastic year and that consequently Half Yearly Examinations will be removed. Reports have reached the Union that such information is being divulged in staff meetings in preparation for the next scholastic year. The MUT would […]

The Union refers to its prior communication issued on 13th November concerning requests to teachers to give feedback for parents’ days or evenings. The Union had already advised members that such feedback is voluntary and not obligatory. In spite of this, reports are still reaching the union that in certain schools teachers are being asked […]

The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary to ask whether educators who are in the age of potential pregnancy in Maltese schools are eligible to get the chicken pox vaccine for free. The Union believes that last year this option was available and asked for clarification.