'Good progress' in MUT, ministry meeting

The Malta Union of Teachers yesterday met the Education Ministry to discuss all supply categories and the implementation of clauses in the reform agreement on kindergarten assistants and learning support assistants.

The union said substantial progress was made during the three-hour meeting and another has been scheduled for next week.

Meanwhile, the MUT said it was waiting for clarifications from the Management and Personnel Office and other documentation from the Education Directorates.

It said a draft document was already being discussed in view of a final settlement.

Last Friday the union ordered a two-hour strike by kindergarten assistants and learning support assistants, following directives issued a week earlier to protest over the fact that the reform agreement was not being fully observed.

The ministry had issued a circular telling hundreds of parents that Friday was a normal school day, even though the MUT told parents they should take their children to school two hours late.