December 17, 2015 at 3:20 pm
The number of students in class is stipulated in the respective agreements as follows: – Forms I and 2 (Years 7 and 8): Maximum of 30 students (provided that the number of students does not exceed 26 in classes with a statement regarding individual needs); – Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Years 9,10 and 11): […]
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December 17, 2015 at 3:15 pm
The Union was informed about yet another burglary this morning and it made contact with the school to offer assistance and support. The situation is now verging on the ridiculous and the Union reiterates its stance that it is unacceptable that educators and students have to live with the daily fear of yet another burglary […]
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December 17, 2015 at 3:00 pm
The MUT was in contact with the Director at the Student Services (DES) on behalf of educators at Resource Centres with regards to a circular issued recently related to transport supervision rates to accompany children with disability. The Director has confirmed that the DES issued only guidelines in this regard following insistence from some Heads […]
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December 17, 2015 at 2:50 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure to bring to his attention an urgent issue following attempts, without any results, to tackle the matter with the Naxxar Local Council as advised by the Ministry for Education. The issue is that educators at the Higher Secondary, the St Nicholas Secondary Naxxar, the Maria […]
read more »December 14, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Following the news update reported last week on the unacceptable situation at the Pieta’ Primary School, the DG Operations replied with the measures that are being taken to resolve current security issues. A number of officials visited the school and measures include a Police report which included evidence collected on the case mentioned by the […]
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December 9, 2015 at 2:25 pm
The Union is directing all members to refrain from following the direction issued in Letter Circular DCM 258/2015 entitled “It-Tagħlim tal-Malti lill-Barranin (Primarja)”. This circular may have implications on the duties of teachers and it was never discussed with the Union.
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December 7, 2015 at 12:40 pm
The MUT has communicated with the Minister for Education and Employment on behalf of members at Sliema Boys Secondary. The Union stated that members at this school have, for the past months, been reporting an extremely difficult situation which is very similar to the experience reported last year at Ħamrun Boys Secondary. The Union asked […]
read more »December 7, 2015 at 12:25 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment on behalf of all the members of staff at Pieta’ primary school after the school was the subject of a systematic robbery for the second time in the space of just a few weeks. The person, who seems to know his way around very well, […]
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December 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm
The MUT wrote to the Minister for Education and Employment and other high officials within the Directorates to inform them that, following the intervention of the Director for Human Resources and the proposed way forward suggested, the Union is suspending its directives with immediate effect to give more space to the Director to sort the […]
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December 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm
The MUT wrote to the Church Secretariat for Catholic Education to request them to address at the earliest the laptops issue so as to bring all educators in Church Schools at par with colleagues in State Schools when it comes to technological resources. In State Schools, the Government has finally agreed to replace all teachers’ […]
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