The Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research, and Innovation informed educators, by email, about the financial package linked to the sectoral agreement.
Today, every educator received a personalised electronic letter with the exact financial package they will receive, the government said in a statement.
This was done, according to the statement, to avoid any misinformation, ensuring that each educator knows what they will benefit from by signing this agreement. These proposals apply to educators in both state and Church schools.
The Ministry also activated a call centre to address educators' inquiries more personally. Besides the call centre, the Ministry circulated an email address to facilitate communication further. Educators with unanswered questions are encouraged to call 25981150 or send an email to [email protected].
This communication is aimed at ensuring that every educator understands what they can benefit from in the coming period, as part of the transformation plan in the education sector, the government said. There will be enhancements and improvements in the financial package, including allowances, scale adjustments, increased supervision rates, and additional payments to each educator in every career grade covered by this agreement, the statement said.
The Malta Union of Teachers and the government last week sid they had agreed on the new collective agreement after months of negotiations which had forced the union to call a one-day strike in November.
But what appeared to be a positive conclusion did not turn out to be so as educators were not impressed by the presentation of the agreement made by the MUT last week.
This pushed the union to halt the voting process in favour or against the agreement.
According to a presentation, seen by The Malta Independent, the proposed new collective agreement does not envision any increases to a teacher’s basic pay as it will remain pegged to the same government salary scale as today, but instead bases itself on increases to allowances that teachers receive.