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Creative subjects are being treated as 'dispensable', teachers say timesofmalta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofmalta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Union of Professional Educators has welcomed a decision by the Office of the Ombudsman which found that it had discriminated against by the authorities when its officials were not allowed to hold union activities in schools. The union is not recognised by the Education Ministru since the majority of teachers are members of the Malta Union of Teachers. The Ombudsman decision, based on a complaint filed a year ago, was signed by former chief justice Vincent de Gaetano, who is education commissioner within the Office of the Ombudsman. The union had complained that its officials were not allowed to make official visits to schools, distribute material and hold meetings there with teachers during breaks. ....
As D-Day For Malta's Schools Approaches, Teachers' Unions At Odds On Whether They Should Reopen Or Not lovinmalta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lovinmalta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. ....
Teachers unions have taken different views on whether schooling should shift online, with the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) saying it is monitoring the situation on the basis of medical advice, and the Union of Professional Educators (UPE) saying the shift should take place immediately owing to the surge in the number of virus cases. In a message on YouTube, the executive head of the UPE, Graham Sansone, said that the teachers union is alarmed by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. He said that he is especially concerned about the new UK variant, which is causing more infections among children. ....