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Prime Minister Robert Abela has said he would like to see schools postponing the upcoming carnival holidays to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by keeping children in schools.
He made the remarks during a news conference where fresh COVID-19 mitigation measures for the month of February were announced.
“If it was up to me alone, that is what I would like to see happen,” he said.
Schools traditionally take a two-day break in February so that families can enjoy carnival festivities, which are cancelled this year.
Asked by
Times of Malta whether the government was looking at cancelling the holidays, especially since it had recently argued keeping children in schools kept the number of new cases down, Abela again said this is his “wish”.
Prime Minister prefers postponing carnival holidays, unions shoot down idea
Prime Minister Robert Abela says he would like to see carnival holidays postponed to another date but the Malta Union of Teachers and the Union of Professional Educators shoot down the proposal
27 January 2021, 2:50pm
by Laura Calleja
Robert Abela says that if it were up to him alone, the school carnival holidays should be postponed to another date
Prime Minister Robert Abela has floated the idea of postponing the upcoming carnival holidays to stop the spread of COVID-19 and keep children in school.
But his personal wish was immediately shot down by the Malta Union of Teachers that insisted the school calendar was a matter decided in the collective agreement.
Church schools have hit out at a teachers union for publishing information on social media about COVID-19 cases in schools.
The Union of Professional Educators regularly posts updates on its Facebook page, detailing when it s been notified of alleged cases , often including pictures of the school and its contact number.
In a statement, the Secretariat for Catholic Education and the Association of Church Schools accused the UPE of irresponsible behaviour” that was causing “unnecessary alarm and anxiety” among students, parents, and teachers.
“Church schools are doing their utmost to inform parents and school staff as soon as a positive case is identified in one of the schools, it said This is being done in an open and transparent way to always ensure that the health and safety of students and staff remain a top priority,” they said.