Gonzi says reception class proposal is 'dangerous'

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi today described the Labour Party’s reception class proposal as “dangerous and scandalous”, especially since it was proposed without prior consultation with the stakeholders in education, especially the teachers.

He said at a party activity in Naxxar that the MLP was saying this system was used in the UK, but, he explained that in the UK they have nursery, then reception, then primary school while Malta has kinder one and two and then the children move on to primary school. The MLP was proposing kinder one and two, then reception class and then primary school, meaning an added year.

Dr Gonzi said that over the past four years, a total of 138 schools were modernised by the government and two new colleges were built.

He also reiterated that Matsec resits will continue to be held in September and not in November or January as the Labour Party is claiming.