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The maths and Maltese state school final exams would not be “past papers”, the government said. Instead, sets of “standard exam papers” would be put together by “education professionals and practitioners”, a spokesman for the Education Ministry toMaths, Maltese exams will not be past papers, government insists
The maths and Maltese state school final exams would not be “past papers”, the government said. Instead, sets of “standard exam papers” would be put together by “education professionals and practitioners”, a spokesman for the Education Ministry told Times of Malta on Friday. A clarification was sought from the ministry after it announced on Thursday that, despite directives by the Malta Union of Teachers instructing educators not to prepare or correct any papers, students in state secondary schools would still be sitting for their exams in the coming weeks. “The MUT directive is clear in what can and cannot be done. The ultimate responsibility for these papers is solely of the Education Ministry and directorates. They will be standard exam papers and not past papers. The exam papers for the subjects in question will be prepared and corrected by education professionals and practitioners,” the spokesman said. The union and the ministry have been at odds for months over claims that teachers were given more lessons than agreed, leading the MUT to insist earlier this week it would not be withdrawing its directives and accusing the government of trying to “bribe and divide” educators... Read more