One-hour strike by kindergarten assistants

L.Chircop

Jan 12th 2011, 18:01

Best paid workers with the best conditions - ara veru ma tafx x'int tghid xbin.
Jekk tahseb li ghandhom l-ahjar pagi xinhu jzommok milli tmur KG Assistant. Jekk qed tithajjar l-MCAST joffru l-courses
http://www.mcast.edu.mt/institutes_communityservices.asp#6

D.Farrugia

Jan 12th 2011, 18:36

@c.camilleri I don't think you are referring to the salary of a kindergarten assistant when you said that we have the best conditions and a best of salary.The full income a kindergarten assistant gets with over 30 years experience in this post is around 900euro every 4 weeks which falls in the scale 13 in the salary scales.Her job at school starts at 8.00 in the morning and finishes school at 2.30 in the afternoon.She has 15 children aged 2years 10months-3years or 20 children aged 3-4years to take care of in a room all by herself.She doesn't have a coffee or lunch break and when she needs to use the toilet she has to call her superiors to send someone with the class because children should never be left alone for whatever reason.After school hours,at home,she has to prepare the daily plan,the activity sheet and do the daily evaluation.After the written matter she has to prepare the activities for the following days work.Round about 7.00 in the evening she can do whatever she needs to do.I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

Joanna Saliba

Jan 12th 2011, 12:48

I think your comment is a bit too much. I am sure many people know what taking care of a child aged 3 and 4 means, let alone having 15 of them. I am sure they do everything they can with them and parents are grateful for their support. I am one of those parents and i know that these people don't just open packets of crisps ( which by the way are prohibited in schools)

m attard

Jan 12th 2011, 12:50

Ghax ma tmurx taghmel int dik is-siegha tiftah il-pakketti tal-crisps.
L-issue kollu inqala ghax il-gvern ma zzammx kelmtu mal-haddiema tieghu.

M. Tabone

Jan 12th 2011, 12:53

M. Cauchi! Hallina trid? Jifthu l-pakketti tal-crips biss! Mur int u oqghod ma' 15 - il tifel u tifla gurnata shiha u ara xi bzonnijiet ikollhom! Taghlim formali mhux suppost li jsir imma KG assistant li taghmel xogholha tajjeb taghmel hafna aktar milli qieghed tahseb int! Qabel tiftah halqek ahjar tkun taf fuq xiex qieghed titkellem! Dazmien il-KG assistants bhall-ghalliema kollha jkollhom inservice training regolari u haqqhom rispett ukoll avolja mhumiex ghalliema fil-veru sens tal-kelma - jigifieri b'kors tal-Universita ta' erba' snin. Ma tahsibx li kull min hu haddiem jixraqlu ftit rispett? Tkellem bir-rispett fuq il-haddiema trid? Jien m'iniex u qatt ma kont KG Assistant imma kont fl-edukazzjoni ghal zmien twil u naf x'jien nghid!

D.Farrugia

Jan 12th 2011, 18:02

@ m cauchi Jien Kindergarten assistant u nassigurak li pakket crisps wiehed li hu wiehed qatt ma ftaht u qatt ma jien sa noffri lil dawn it-tfal.Jien u nahseb li shabi kollegi tieghi naghmlu u naghallmu hafna affarijiet lit-tfal li nahseb li inti ghandek bzonn titghallem ukoll.L-ewwel haga li nghallmuhom hi li biex jikbru f'sahhithom hemm bzonn li jieklu haxix,frott u li jixorbu l-ilma u nahseb li inti ghandek bzonn tibda tigi titghallem maghhom ghax mix-xehta lit-tfal tieghek flok tippreparalhom dak li jghodd ghal sahhithom,biex tehles titmahhom il-crisps.Jekk trid you are welcome li tigi fil klassi biex barra li tara xogholna kemm naghmluh b'dedikazzjoni u mhabba ghal tfal li m'humiex taghna,fl'istess hin titghallem xi haga ukoll!