Budget recognises pandemic challenges but limited on education – MUT

The Budget 2021 recognises the challenges of the pandemic, but is limited in the field of education, the Malta Union of Teachers said as a reaction to this year’s budget.

“We are aware that this budget is very different from the normal ones due to all the circumstance that arose in

2020. Pandemic mitigation measure, along with school infrastructure are costly and appear to have been the government’s focus on this budget,” said MUT.

Yet the union believes that the government should look beyond the pandemic restrictions and give direction to the sector along with adequate resources for educators to have work.

“The budget speech was limited regarding education; the MUT will be looking at the detailed estimates and speeches of the Ministry of Education and Labour in order to better understand what’s planned.”

The union pointed out that while the government is thinking of quick solutions to problems when they arise, it should also think long-term in order to alleviate the serious problems educators have, and it should also think long-term in order to alleviate the serious problems educators have.

The MUT in particular refers to the crisis of lack of educators, where the union has been pushing for years in order to have a number of incentives, such as for more young people to turn to the profession. In fact it is unfortunate that one of the few services mentioned in the budget, which is linked to literacy, was stopped due to circumstances.