PN MP Speaks On How Malta’s Education System Can Be Further Improved
Although Malta’s education system still has plenty of room for improvement, it has definitely taken a much-needed step forward in the past few years.
On 24th January, which was celebrated as the International Day of Education, Lovin Malta interviewed PN MP and Shadow Education Minsiter Justin Schembri on the topic.
”We are giving many more opportunities in which students are part of the lessons and we are slowly breaking the mindset that the educators know everything and students know nothing,” Schembri said.
“However, we are far behind when it comes to giving birth to a more creative, more digital, more inclusive system.”
Warning that some aspects of school curricula are outdated, he said there is much work to be done to ensure that students learn valid, accessible, and relevant material.
”For our education to progress, we must give birth to a mindset that offsets more on critical thinking, digitalisation, and inclusiveness – broadly- in a major way,” Schembri answered when asked what should be done to further improve the education system.
In its 2022 pre-budget document, the Nationalis Party suggested that the government invest in educators, increase stipends for students who choose courses that lead to teaching degrees, invest more in classroom technology, and give more research-related finances to the University of Malta and MCAST.
Schembri believes that classrooms need fewer students, so as to implement a more personalised education towards each one – especially in primary and secondary schools.
He also said that teachers should be given increased assistance with specialised human resources.
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