While 8,574 educators in state schools across Gozo and Malta returned to their workplaces on Monday, 28,873 students from the first year of primary to the eleventh year of secondary also returned to begin a new scholastic year yesterday.

5,906 students at the kindergarten level will begin their scholastic year from September the 29th, Thus, when all students have returned to school, a total of 34,779 students will have entered state schools, the Government said.

These students and educators join the 17,238 students in Church Schools and the 9,206 students in Independent schools – with a total of 61,223 students in all schools in the country, up to secondary level. Apart from the 8,574 educators in State schools, around 2,913 educators in Church schools and 1,497 educators in Independent schools have also joined, with a total of 12,984 educators in schools spread across Malta and Gozo up to secondary level.

“Right at the end of the last scholastic year, intensive work began to prepare for the scholastic year we are now in. Work that led to ensuring that everything necessary, whether academic, infrastructural work or administrative work, leads to the opening of another academic year with everything necessary for both educators and students,” said the Minister for Education, Sports, Youth, Research and Innovation, Clifton Grima.

The new scholastic year started following a full summer of preparations ranging from administrative and academic to infrastructural and digital projects, the Minister said. Among these is the distribution of laptops to Year 7 students. For this scholastic year, 245 new professionals were employed in State schools.

Minister Clifton Grima explained that there was a major exercise to ensure that classes in all years of state schools have their own educator in all subjects, while other massive work was concentrated on the educational environment in which educators and students will spend the coming months. “This was not only infrastructural work, but also work in the digital and technological sector so that we can always continue to improve the educational experience.”

“Once again, I congratulate not only the educators and administrative staff in all schools, while thanking them for their commitment and dedication to the well-being of our children, but also all the students starting another scholastic year which ultimately aims to give them all possible opportunities to achieve the individual aspirations of each and every one of them,” said Minister Grima.

Photo: DOI/Alan Saliba

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