The selection of teaching centres to accommodate the large number of applicants for the ICT course at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology had to be postponed because of legal issues, the Ministry for Education and Mcast said yesterday.

The college was in the process of selecting teaching centres as the number of applicants in possession of the necessary qualifications exceeded the capacity at Mcast.

But after the selection board made its recommendations to the Contracts Committee, a centre that had tendered for the contract filed an appeal and a court case.

Labour education spokesman Evarist Bartolo had asked the police to investigate the matter. As the court case and police investigations are under way, the process had to be temporarily stopped.

The ministry and Mcast, however, have assured students that once this issue is clarified they will be accommodated during the same hours and according to the quality of teaching as those who have already started the course.

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