A think tank meant to make proposals on the future of education in the country is being seen as a flop by teachers’ unions.
The think tank, set up last May by then education minister Owen Bonnici, is chaired by Edward de Bono of lateral thinking fame and among its members are high-profile figures like architect Richard England, Chamber of Commerce president David Xuereb and education permanent secretary Frank Fabri.
It was to take an opportunity from the COVID pandemic to envision the future of education and was instructed to apply “blue sky thinking”, Bonnici had said at the time.
HSBC Malta Foundation supports the Human Capital Research Project The HSBC Malta Foundation is supporting the Human Capital Research Project through a donation of €120,000. The three year-long research project, headed by Dr Rose Marie Azzopardi and Prof Alexiei Dingli and endorsed by the Ministry for Education, will focus on identifying current and future skills in financial services and banking, information technology, communication, professional, scientific and technical services. Once concluded, the project will contribute to Malta s ongoing competitiveness in the global economy by delivering a series of evidence-based policy recommendations. Simon Vaughan Johnson, CEO at HSBC Malta said: Malta s success has always been built on the skill and adaptability of its people. As technology continues to drive exponential change across the globe, it s never been more important to focus on upskilling and reskilling. The Human Capital Research Project will play
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Shimadzu, one of the world leaders in analytical instrumentation, will incorporate its Fluidics Systems Europe business unit into its wholly-owned subsidiary Infraserv Vakuumservice from April 2021. The merger of the two companies combines their strengths and generates synergies that provide even more targeted and better support for customers in Europe s industrial and off-highway markets. Infraserv Vakuumservice has its specific strengths in repair, maintenance, consulting, and sales capacities, in special solutions and training. Fluidics Systems Europe complements Infraserv Vakuumservice’s portfolio with robust cast-iron hydraulic pumps and valve blocks as well as compact power packs and customised developments. Valued for their robustness, Shimadzu’s external gear pumps and valve blocks are used in forklift trucks as well as pumps in construction and agricultural machinery and are among the most durable in their class worldwide. As before, Fluidics
Education Ministry files judicial letter on UPE directives
The ministry says that the directives issued by the UPE go contrary to the agreement reached between the ministry and MUT
4 February 2021, 8:05pm
by Nicole Meilak
The Ministry for Education has submitted a judicial letter to the Law Courts in connection to directives issued by the UPE.
In a statement released this evening, the ministry announced that they submitted an official letter to the First Hall of the Civil Court, saying that the directives issued by the UPE go against the agreement reached between the ministry and MUT. This agreement safeguards the education offered to children and students in our schools, the ministry stated. The Ministry continues to call for in-school learning and for this not to be hampered by actions that do no good in these circumstances.
Public health consultant Kenneth Grech should be back with the COVID-19 team in “three to four weeks”, Times of Malta is informed, although the gove