CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROWAN UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

The Minister of Education and National Culture, the Hon. Mr. Evarist Bartolo and H.E. Ambassador Kathryn Profitt, this morning addressed a press conference to announce the start of the Co-Operation Agreement between Rowan University and the University of Malta.  

This follows the visit made by the Hon. Evarist Bartolo and by Dr. Joseph Mifsud, Head of the Department of Primary Education, to the United States.  Through this agreement, five educators participated in an international conference on an innovative approach to teaching and learning, using the Let me learn approach.  The participants were Mr. Colin Calleja and Dr. Carmel Borg from the Department of Primary Education; Dr. Antoinette Camilleri, Head of the Department of Arts and Languages in Education; Ms. Billie Nightingale, Inclusive Educator; and Dr. Christopher Bezzina, Teaching Practice Coordinator of the Faculty of Education of the University of Malta.

The Minister spoke of the close collaboration between Malta and the United States in tackling "local" issues in education such as mixed-ability teaching, inclusive education, funding in education and information technology.

Ambassador Profitt agreed that most of the issues raised applied directly to the United States and that  most educational problems tackled in American townships were very similar to those encountered in the towns and villages in Malta.  

Prof. Roger Ellul Micallef, Rector of the University of Malta and Mr. Charles Mizzi, Director General of Education, agreed that the initiative with Rowan University should be strengthened and announced that next September educationalists from the United States will be visiting Malta.

Dr. Joseph Mifsud, Head of the Department of Primary Education, Dr. Carmel Borg of the Faculty of Education, Mr. Colin Calleja and Mr. Keith Peterson from the United States Embassy were present for this conference.