A recommendation by the Commissioner for Education within the Office of the Ombudsman for two sixth-form teachers to be paid as regular teachers and not as supply teachers last February was ignored.

Two sixth-form teachers employed at a church school filed a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman, saying that after teaching full-time at a church school for several years, their wage has remained at the level of supply graduate , "even though they effectively perform duties as regular teachers."

"Despite having been in full-time teaching at a church school for several years, they are facing an issue due to an anomaly in the employment/recruitment system in Government schools for post-secondary and higher-level teachers. Their salary, funded by the Government through the Education Division at the Ministry responsible for Education (in line with Malta's Agreement with the Holy See), remains pegged at the level of a supply graduate teacher, even though they effectively perform duties as regular teachers."

"Following a thorough examination of the facts and the changes over time of the requirements for a teacher's warrant, the Commissioner for Education has concluded that the aforementioned practice is unjust, verging on the oppressive with the passage of time."

The Commissioner recommended that there should be a differentiation between calls for a teacher in post-secondary education, which do not require a permanent teacher warrant, and calls for the post of teacher in secondary education.

It also recommended that the teachers should now receive a salary of a regular teacher and not a supply teacher.

The Office of the Ombudsman said it informed the Education Ministry about the Commissioner's final opinion on 2 February, and also sent a reminder a month later, however, the Ombudsman is yet to receive a response.

Both the Ombudsman and the Commissioner also informed Prime Minister Robert Abela about this case on 28 March, however, there was still no response.

"Since no action has been taken, the Ombudsman and the Commissioner forwarded the report to the House of Representatives for its attention."