Mur Lura
Second Edition of "Education In Malta - A Handbook"
PR1691
18/10/1996
18/10/1996
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources has just published a second revised edition of "Education in Malta - A Handbook", edited by Joe Zammit Ciantar.
The first edition was published in 1993.
| The handbook filled a vacuum, especially in embassies and | consulates which often have to answer many questions about the Maltese system of education and regulations, and where our co-nationals abroad inquire about rules and requisites for their children for re-entry into the system on returning to settle in Malta. |
| The handbook, which was compiled with the help of many officers in | the Education Division, gives general information about the Maltese islands, the legal framework, the management and finance of education in Malta, the structure and recent developments in the system, the Education Act of 1988, the National Minimum Curricula for pre-primary, primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools, the Teachers' (Code of Ethics) Regulations, the School Council Regulations (1993), and the names of all State, private and Church schools, together with their addresses and telephone and fax numbers. |
| The revised edition - a copy of which, as with the previous one | will be sent to each and every teacher in all the schools (State and private) of Malta and Gozo - carries a foreword by the present Minister of Education and Human Resources, Michael Falzon. |
| "Education in Malta has, in the last few years, undergone a | radical transformation. Our main objective has been to upgrade and update our educational services to prepare our students for life in the third millennium. The Ministry of Education and Human Resources has invested substantial amounts of its human, financial, and technical resources to achieve our objectives of a qualitative and quantitative leap," runs the opening paragraph. |
| Mr Falzon stresses that, among the priorities, there was "the | introduction of Information Technology in all sectors of education (from University to primary schools), an increase in courses at further and adult education level, the lowering of the age of entry into kindergarten classes from 4 to 3 years, and the building of a new educational plant at the University" where the student population has increased sevenfold. Mr Falzon, admits that he cannot imagine himself "as having completed all the work. We have already announced other measures, e.g. the revision of the curriculum for the secondary schools; the continuation of inclusive education policy; a more extensive programme of in-service training for all teaching staff; more extensive building programme; completion of IT in all classes; the use of schools during holidays and after school hours; the establishment of a College of Art, Science, and Applied Technology; and participation in the European Union educational programmes." |
| The Minister expresses his hope that every "issue of Education | in Malta - a handbook will bear witness to the progress achieved over the years and will also serve as a communication between all educational stake-holders - the educators themselves, the parents, the students, the educational decision-makers, the employers, and the public". He ends his foreword with the consideration that "this publication could be a very useful vehicle for establishing" a bond between all involved in the education of our future citizens. |
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