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All 234 students applying for B.Ed course accepted
Labour Party expresses satisfaction as all students who applied for the B.Ed course at the University of Malta were accepted.
1 October 2011, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
1 min read
After days of discussions, with students not knowing whether they have been accepted or not, the University of Malta this evening announced that all first and second preference applicants for the Bachelor of Education (Honours) course who obtained the required qualifications have been accepted.
All first and second preference applicants under the “maturity” clause who were selected after interviews have also been accepted.
According to the University, the total number of accepted applicants for the primary education course stands at 99, while 135 applicants for the secondary education were accepted.
The problem arose when the University confirmed that it had restricted course numbers given how student teaching placements have dropped this year.
Reacting to the news, Labour MP Evarist Bartolo expressed satisfaction at the outcome.
“All students’ acceptance was made possible after the University followed Labour’s proposals, including the consideration that more placements should be secured in independent and Church schools,” Bartolo said.
He added that the University should also clarify whether those students who applied for the PGCE course have been accepted.
Bartolo criticised Education Minister Dolores Cristina and said she was directly responsible for the lack of planning: “It is unacceptable that such an issue is resolved only literally just few hours before school starts next Monday.”
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A numerus clausus is not justified in an education course and it is a positive development that through the good offices of the KSU , Evarist Bartolo and Owen Bonnici the Faculty of Education has came round to accepting this. Not enough placements was not a justifiable reason to restrict numbers as there is nothing wrong in assigning two student teachers to a class.
However the students studying to become teachers must be made aware of the demographic realities that the number of pupils is declining and that fewer rather than more teachers will be needed for primary and secondary teaching. Also the large cohort of teachers who were engaged in the fifties and sixties when our education was expanding have all now retired and been replaced so again this reduces future needs for traditional school teachers.
However teaching in not solely about traditional primary and secondary school teaching. The Faculty must redesign its degrees and credits to take cognisance of the fact that the new economy demands Life Long Learning and continuing education of workers ,the fact that English Language teaching to Foreigners must become more professional if we are to continue to attract students,inclusiveness teachers are needed as are those to teach our citizens better social and living skills. So yes let us not deny a teaching career to all those who have this noble vocation but we must also at the same become more innovative in the variety of teaching degrees we offer them.
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Ehhhhhhhh...xi jgaluk tghamel ghal dawk il-voti!!!!!....sew jghidu meta tkun gejja l-elezzjoni kollox jitranga...........u l-vot jikkmanda
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How many are doomed to fail their first year?
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In unity and solidarity there is strenght congratulations to PL for fighting the cause of these students.
