The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers fully supports and endorses the strike action initiated by the MUT in relation to State schools at this point in time, and consequently State school educators who are members of the UPE are also being asked to strike. It has become blatantly obvious that despite […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers is revived by, and sincerely commends, the decision taken by Church schools to return to school with online lessons rather than face-to-face tomorrow the 8th of January and Friday the 9th of January 2021. This measure will be extended to Wednesday the 13th of January should the rising […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers has received various notifications from its members who expressed their concern over the reopening of schools. The concerns these members have brought up revolved around the reckless disregard, by a significant part of the population, with regards to compliance to the guidelines issued by our […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers has engaged in discussions with the Ministry of Education with the aim of coming to an acceptable conclusion for the situation in which educators, working on VET subjects, have been instructed to correct work forwarded by students currently following their lessons online. The union had […]
One would assume that the Ministry of Education of an EU member state would be the first to champion Human Rights in both words and deeds. Indeed, one would expect that this would extend to the way educators are treated in the course of their employment by the said ministry. Unfortunately, locally, this is not […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers was forwarded a circular today dated the 11th of December 2020, where the Director General (Strategy and Support) for the Ministry of Education is making a call for the engagement of retired education grades to perform teaching duties in the Ministry of Education. This call […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers was revived when reading the circulars DES 31/2020 and DES 32/2020, where Nurture Group Teachers, Nurture Group LSEs, Complementary Teachers and Literacy Support Teachers were informed that they would be returning to do the work they should have been doing by virtue of their qualifications […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers was truly disappointed to hear that Thi Lakin, an independent school catering for kindergarten and primary years, with a history which dates back to the 70s, is closing its doors for good. The union was also informed that the building which has welcomed hundreds of […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the workers, has been receiving numerous complaints from VET teachers stating that they are being asked by MATSEC to assess students who, in a responsible manner, opted for home schooling. The same nature of VET subjects, which are ultimately applied subjects, renders remote assessment impossible. How can […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers has been approached by a number of its members who stated that their school management are stunting their freedom to leave the school premises during non contact time. These educators are being told that once they cross the threshold of the school in the morning, […]