Student teachers should be better equipped with the necessary tools to face schoolchildren's behavioural problems, Stephanie Farrugia, who graduated with a BA Honours in education, said yesterday.
"We knew we would encounter obstacles due to society's change in lifestyle and its impact on schoolchildren but it would have been far more beneficial to be faced with the reality of the workplace while they were still students," she said during a graduation ceremony.
She added that student teachers should have been taught different ways of tackling difficulties, such as problem behaviour, in schools. This was something that had worsened over the years.
Ms Farrugia said that in their first few months in the working world many had found out that there was a huge difference between the ideal and what they were taught.
The graduates
Diploma in Youth Studies
Charles Gravina.
Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. V. Sollars
Charlene Agius, Karl Amaira, Maryanne Amaira, Claire Amato, Nicolette Aquilina, Victoria Josephine Aquilina, Marcelline Attard, Maria Attard, Chanel Azzopardi, Elaine Azzopardi, Janet Azzopardi, Jurgen Azzopardi, Lucia Azzopardi, Yanica Azzopardi, Josianne Bajada, Matthew Paul Bartolo, Marita Bigeni, Amanda Bonavia, Suzannah Bonello, Lara Ann Bonnici, Roberta Bonnici, Etienne Borg, Ivan Borg, Jane Borg, Kristina Borg, Joanne Brincat, Jean Paul Buttigieg, Maria Buttigieg, Christabel Calleja, Jonathan Camenzuli, Diana Camilleri, Mariella Camilleri, Ramona Camilleri, Stephanie Camilleri, Jean Paul Cardona, Romilyn Jo Caruana, Daniela Cassar, Marion Evelyn Cassar, Amanda Catania, Kristina Marie Catania, Amanda Cauchi, Jonathan Cauchi, Christina Chetcuti, Ilona Costa, Rossana Cremona, Marija Cumbo, Chantelle Cutajar, George James Cutajar, Isabel Cutajar, Pauline Dalli, Mauro D'Amato, Karen Darmenia, Lydia Deguara, Leanne Delia, Gwen Desira, Elaine Dimech, Clifton Farrugia, Darren Farrugia, Fiorella Marie Farrugia, Monica Farrugia, Nigel Farrugia, Sharon Farrugia, Stephanie Farrugia, Deborah Galea, Keith Galea, Anatoly Gatt, Priscilla Gatt, Ruth Gatt, Denise Gauci, James Gauci, Mariella Gauci, Stephen Gauci, Maria Consiglia Genovese, Glorianne Gerada, Victoria Ghirxi, Elaine Marie Grech, Joanne Grech, Josanne Grech, Karl Grech, Melissa Grech, Vanessa Grech, George Charles Haber, William Hayman, David Patrick Herd, Giovanna Hili, Renzo Kerr-Cumbo, Lucienne Lughermo, Marie Louise Mallia, Diandra Mangion, Theresa Meilak, Analise Mercieca, Anastasja Micallef, Daniela Jo Micallef, Christopher Mifsud, Miriam Mifsud, Marie Veronique Mifsud Grimaud, Angel Mizzi, Marilyn Mizzi, Suzanne Mohnani, Christine Marie Muscat, Maria A Muscat, Rosabelle Muscat, Matthew Muscat Inglott, Deborah R .Pace, Elaine Pavia, Bernice Pisani, Amy Portelli, Daniela Sacco, David Nader Salem Rizzo, Elisa Saliba, Heathcliffe Schembri, Pasqalia Schembri, Christopher Schembri Baldacchino, Ruth Scicluna (robing), Patricia Spiteri, Sephorah Jo Sultana, Jennifer Margaret Tabone, Rebecca Tabone, Stephen Tabone, Darren Tanti, Joanne Tanti, Elise Thewma, Audrey Vassallo, Isabel Vassallo, Angele Marie Vella, Kylie Ann Vella, Leanne Vella, Sarah Wetz, Ivan Woods, Jessica Xerri, Andre Xuereb, Josiana Loretta Xuereb, Lydia Xuereb, Kim Zahra, Glen Zammit, Maria Zammit, Nicola Zammit, Rodianne Zammit, Sarah Zammit and Stephanie Marie Zarb Darmanin.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Teaching Learners with Dyslexia)
Joanne Bondin, Christopher Bugeja*, Elaine Cardona, Kevin Anthony Cardona, Claudia Caruana Anastasi*, Lawrence Darmanin, Pamela Redienne Fenech*, Susan Gatt, Michelle Micallef, Maurizio Salerno, Joanna Tabone, Mary Anne Vaaben* and Jocelyn Vella.
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Administration and Management)
Rita Azzopardi, Saviour Bezzina, Stephen Bonnici, Josianne Borg, Roland Borg, Stefan Borg, Marise Bugeja, Peter Paul Carabott, David Mario Caruana, Isabelle Ciangura, Etienne Farrell, Anthony Farrugia, Carmen Farrugia, Ethelbert Fenech, Lucienne Galea, Audrey Gauci, Saviour Grech, Jane Grima, Roseanne Mifsud, Steve Mifsud, Simone Pirotta, George Psaila, George Alexander Said Zammit, Malcolm Schembri, Patricia Schembri Wismayer, Josianne Scicluna, Erika Spiteri, Stephen Spiteri, Suzanne Stellini Zammit, Anne Tabone, Elizia Marie Vassallo, Alexia Vella, Katya Maria Zammit, Isabelle Zarb and Claire Zerafa.
* In absentia