School Counsellors Call for Urgent Conclusion of Collective Agreement Talks
· Updated
In brief
- School counsellors are urging authorities to finalise their collective agreement.
- The previous collective agreement for these professionals expired in 2023.
- Counsellors are seeking better pay and improved recognition for their vital role in schools.
School counsellors across Malta are appealing for the urgent conclusion of talks regarding their collective agreement. The professionals, who provide critical mental health, emotional, and psychological support within the education sector, have seen their previous agreement expire in 2023.
Times of Malta highlighted the counsellors' call for talks to be finalised, noting that many are poorly paid. NET News further reported on the appeal for greater awareness of their situation, emphasising that the collective agreement has been expired for three years. Counsellors are seeking improved conditions and better recognition for the essential services they provide to students and the wider school community.
While a number of collective agreements were finalised before last Saturday’s election, Malta’s school counsellors are still awaiting the conclusion of their own. The Malta Association for the Counselling Profession has stressed that many issues need to be addressed in the new agreement.
Newsbook reported that counsellors feel overworked and underpaid, underscoring the urgency of finalising their collective agreement to improve their working conditions and recognition.
The Spin Room
Low media divide. Newsbook reported on the ongoing wait for a new collective agreement for school counsellors, highlighting their concerns about being overworked and underpaid.
Updates
- : School counsellors are still awaiting a new collective agreement, with the Malta Association for the Counselling Profession stressing the need to address issues of being overworked and underpaid.