Tag: Clifton Grima
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The Malta Union of Teachers is currently fighting two industrial disputes
The Malta Union of Teachers has declared just another industrial dispute this time over the Institute of Tourism Studies. The union is claiming that the Ministry has intentionally broke down talks to avoid meeting the demands of the union. The Minister for Tourism Clayton Bartolo has just resigned with negotiations having been abandoned altogether. The…
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Tug of war at AIMS between Robert Abela and Clifton Grima
There seems to be open confrontation between Prime Minister Robert Abela and Education Minister Clifton Grima over the CEO of the Authority for Integrity for Maltese Sport (AIMS). This clash has come out into the open due to the departure of AIMS CEO Luciano Busuttil who seems to have left after disagreements with the AIMS…
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Monitoring teachers via their laptops
In order to add to his list of truly dystopian measures, after censoring educators with a circular that reads like something that has come straight out of Communist East Germany, the Ministry of Education has now ramped up surveillance of its educators via their laptops. The Malta Union of Teachers sent a notice to the…
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Arnold Cassola files complaint to the Ombudsman against Minister of Education for censoring educators
Independent politician Arnold Cassola has filed a submission to the Ombudsman, requesting him to investigate the directive issued by the Ministry of Education to censor teachers. The directive, which was first published here, orders teachers and educators to request permission from their superior before speaking to the press so as “not to compromise the integrity…
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Apparently, the Minister for Education has always been a bully
I had almost forgotten this episode but my readers gave me a timely reminder of this video by the The Malta Independent in December 2019. You can see Clifton Grima, today the Minister for Education, threatening and waving his finger at Opposition and Nationalist Party MP Karol Aquilina outside the Parliament building during the national…
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Under Clifton Grima, the Ministry of Education has a recorded history of bullying educators into silence
The authoritative (and authoritarian) circular by the Ministry of Education to muzzle teachers into silence, is not the first instance of the Education Directorate issuing such directives. Education Services Director Ritianne Borg Saliba’s role within the Directorate appears to be issuing these kinds of circulars. The Director for Education Services Ritianne Saliba was slammed along…
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Even research is being muzzled by the Ministry of Education
Research is a highly effective tool to identify problems and look for solutions. The Ministry of Education has a different opinion about research, and it has become so sensitive and concerned about potential negative press that it is even restricting teachers’ research to ensure nothing critical of the education system is made public. Recently issued…
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The Minister of Education tries to muzzle teachers and educators: Education Directorate issues circular tells teachers not to “threaten the system’s integrity”
The Minister for Education, Clifton Grima is trying to moderate and control what teachers and educators say in the media by regulating their access to the press. These directives come at a time when the Ministry of Education has been criticised for its handling of its industrial disputes with its educators. The Education directorate, namely…
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Government ministers should be asked why they prefer sending their children to so-called “private schools” instead of public schools
Despite the constant propaganda and praise by the government about its investment and work in public schools, government ministers still prefer to send their children to private schools instead of public schools. Private schools are heavily subsidised by the state apart from collecting fees from parents. Essentially, private schools are known to be better equipped…
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Malta doesn’t have “private schools”
The idea that Malta has private schools is preposterous. Malta has several government-funded, for-profit, private-schools that cater for people who can pay significant amount of fees for the education of the children. Last week, the Ministry of Education announced a €27 million package for private school to cap their fees and sustain their wage increases…
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Back to the past with fake universities
For further context about the Minister of Education, Clifton Grima’s luxurious adventures, one has to read this article from May about him signing a memorandum of understanding with a university in China that doesn’t even have an accreditation status (Shanghai University of Political Science and Law). He genuinely believes he is doing something extraordinary for…
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The battle for the Deputy-Leadership of the Labour Party
As the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ian Borg is set to clinch the Deputy-Premiership, others are vying for the post of Deputy-Leader for Party Affairs. This is the position that was previously held by Daniel Micallef. This post will be contested in what seems to be a battle by multiple factions on what appears, so…
