Tag: minister for education
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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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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…
