The feast of St John Baptist de La Salle is a special day for Lasallians worldwide. Over 1,000 educational institutions are run by the Brothers of the Christian
On March 16, all Lasallian schools in Malta held a dress-down day during which students and staff were invited to come to school wearing clothing with the colou
Over one in 10 current COVID-19 cases are children, with the highest number in the 11-17 age group, prompting Church and independent schools to hold out while monitoring the situation closely.
Among the active cases, 83 children are aged up to five years, 85 are between six and 10 and 175 are in the 11-17 age group, adding up to around 12 per cent, according to the Superintendent of Public Health, Charmaine Gauci, who was on Tuesday taking questions from Times of Malta readers.
Last September, before the opening of schools, less than five per cent of those with COVID-19 were children.
The number of infected children was also highlighted in August, when they made up around 1.5 per cent of active cases.
Updated 11am, adds Secretariat for Catholic Education, Church Schools Association statement
Tension and anger are mounting among education staff who have not yet received vaccination appointments and their schools are demanding a clear timeline on the vaccine roll-out for their “forgotten” teachers.
De La Salle College, with nearly 300 staff members in its primary, secondary and Sixth Form sectors, including St Benild’s School, has not received any appointments yet, Stephen Cachia, director of Educational Mission, La Salle Malta, said.
“They cannot understand how vaccination appointments are now being given to government officials who work in offices and are able to telework while they seem to have been forgotten,” he remarked.