In an official statement by Minister for Education Clifton Grima and as part of a response to a parliamentary question, it was revealed that a total of 275 educators were employed during the past scholastic year, whereas there were only 87 resignations.
According to statistics provided by the minister, there were ‘always’ more employments than resignations.
‘In fact, compared with the population of educators, the proportion was 1.1% in terms of resignations and 3.7% in terms of employments.’
‘This school year, there are more regular educators than last year. Specifically, there are 288 more regular educators than the previous school year.’
This follows a statement by the Nationalist Party’s Shadow Minister for Education Justin Schembri, wherein he said that 124 teachers resigned from State schools during the past academic year and that only 26 teachers remained in the profession by moving to Private or Church schools.
‘In answers to other Parliamentary Questions, the Government stated that for this academic year, 74 and 43 fully-qualified teachers have been employed to teach in State secondary and primary schools respectively. This amounts to 117 new fully-qualified teachers. However, the Government employed a total of 217 new teachers, thereby confirming that it is still employing a substantial number of supply teachers. The Government does not provide information on whether it employed teachers who were already in the profession but working in Private or Church schools’, the PN statement reads.
‘The PN calls on the Government to conduct a serious study to identify the recurring cause of resignations in the education sector, as behind every resignation, there is a serious reason.’
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