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The engineering profession should not be downgraded by being associated with courses which do not require the same level of effort, commitment and attainment, the Union Periti u Inġinera tas-Settur Pubbliku said. It was replying to another statement by the government on Wednesday saying that the academic standard of engineering courses offered by MCAST is to be revised to ensure it matches that offered by the University of Malta. It said it had no intention of lowering standards in the profession.  The government issued its statement after a court provisionally upheld a request for an in...

The academic standard of engineering courses offered by MCAST is to be revised to ensure it matches that offered by the University of Malta, the government said on Wednesday as it reassured that it had no intention of lowering standards in the profession.  Experts from a German accreditation agency which specialises in the engineering field, ASIIN, have been evaluating the MCAST course and preparing recommendations about how to amend it, the Education Ministry said. Their work, which began more than two years ago following a public call, is now nearing its conclusion, it added, although a co...

A court has provisionally upheld a request for an injunction by the engineers’ union against the Engineering Profession Board, in the latest move to safeguard the rights of professional engineers.  This request follows a judicial protest filed by two elected members on the board, formally disassociating themselves from the allegedly “abusive and divisive” attitude of the board chairperson who was refusing or ignoring their repeated calls for information and consultation.  Having been served notice of this judicial protest, the Malta Association of Professional Engineers (MAPE) wrote t...