New law soon on higher education

A new law to govern higher education, including that given by private institutions, is to be moved in Parliament shortly, Education Minister Dolores Cristina said in Parliament.

She said the drafting of the law included feedback from the consultation process carried out by the National Commission for Higher Education.

The minister said that the Malta Qualifications Recognition Centre offered protection to Maltese students by informing them about the recognition of educational programmes and the level of their courses in the context of the national qualifications mechanism.

APPLICATIONS TO POST SECONDARY COURSES

Replying to other questions, the minister said that all eligible applicants for the Junior College for the current scholastic year were accepted.

She said that 1,975 students had applied., of whom 1,456 were accepted. They included 184 repeaters.

A further 2,009 students were accepted at Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School. No eligible students were refused.

There were 361 applicants for the Institute of Tourism Studies. 145 applications were rejected. That included a number of repeat applications and students who were not suitably qualified.