Prime Minister unveils plan to lift COVID-19 measures • Press conference at 10:30am maltatoday.com.mt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maltatoday.com.mt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The physical reopening of schools should not be one of the first COVID-19 measures to be relaxed, the Malta Union of Teachers said on Monday.
In a statement, the union called for a “prudent” plan and not one that returned educators, students and their families to the situation they were in a few weeks ago.
Superintendent of Health Charmaine Gauci said a few days ago that the authorities were in the process of drafting a plan that would ease the country out of the quasi-lockdown currently in place until April 11.
The union said it had already expressed its thoughts and concerns to health and education authorities.
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A think tank meant to make proposals on the future of education in the country is being seen as a flop by teachers’ unions.
The think tank, set up last May by then education minister Owen Bonnici, is chaired by Edward de Bono of lateral thinking fame and among its members are high-profile figures like architect Richard England, Chamber of Commerce president David Xuereb and education permanent secretary Frank Fabri.
It was to take an opportunity from the COVID pandemic to envision the future of education and was instructed to apply “blue sky thinking”, Bonnici had said at the time.