Mario Mallia

Mario Mallia: Kelliem dwar l-Edukazzjoni

Aghmel kuntatt ma' Mario:

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Ibaghtlu e-mail: woody@maltanet.net


Mario Mallia huwa Deputy Chairperson kif ukoll kelliem dwar l-Edukazzjoni ta' Alternattiva Demokratika. Mario ilu attiv fl-Alternattiva Demokratika sa mill-bidu tagħha. Iggradwa Baċellerat fl-Edukazzjoni, għandu Diploma fix-Xjenzi Ambjentali, kif ukoll Post-graduate Diploma fl-Amministrazzjoni u Management fl-Edukazzjoni. Iggradwat ukoll bil-Masters
fl-Edukazzjoni. Bħalissa jokkupa l-kariga ta' Kap ta' Skola. Membru tal-Kummissjoni Nazzjonali għall-Ugwaljanza (NCPE) sa mill-2004. Fl-2003 kien ġie elett bħala kunsillier fil-lokalita` ta' Birkirkara f'isem Alternattiva Demokratika. Għal kważi erba' snin, kien il-kummentatur ta' kuljum fuq Capital Radio. Fil-passat kien attiv f'numru ta' NGO's fosthom Tan-Numri u Żgħażagħ għall-Ambjent. Fl-universita` kien ukoll viċi president tal-Kunsill Studenti Universitarji. Mario huwa mizzewweġ lil Josephine u għandhom tifel.

Jien OK u int?

Niltaqa' ma' nies li jghiduli li jammirawna.

X'hin nistaqsihom 'l ghaliex il-maggor parti jghiduli: "Tal-kuragg li ghandkom li tmorru kontra l-kurrent u fejn hu tajjeb tghidu li hu tajjeb u fejn hu hazin tghidu li hu hazin ghamlu min ghamlu."

"Allahares m'hawnx intom", ighidulna. "Komplu ahdmu".

Imbaghad nhobb nistaqsi "X'hemm bzonn nahdmu/naghmlu?"

...u hawn tibda litanija ta' suggerimenti:

'Ahdmu biex iggibu fondi ghal partit'
'Messkom tigru wara n-nies u ddahhluhom membri'
'Messkom taghmlu programmi fuq ir-radju u t-TV'
'L-ufficju ghandkom bzonn izzommuh miftuh kuljum'
'Qabbdu lil xi hadd mat-telephone ikellem lin-nies'
Organizzaw dik u organizzaw hekk u ghamlu hekk u hekk.... u l-lista ma tispicca qatt!

U mbaghad nistaqsi: INT X'TISTA TAGHMEL?

u r-risposta tvarja:

"Jien m'ghandix cans"
"Jien nahdem mal-Gvern u nibza li jaghmluli vendikazzjoni"
"Jien imhabbat...ghandi bizzejjed x'naghmel"

u l-aktar wahda komuni... "ma rridx niccappas" ( u dawn l-istess nies tarahom fil-kju quddiem il-garaxijiet fejn jaqdu l-membri parlamentari tad-distrett!)

Imma ssib dawk il-ftit li tassew jaghtu valur lid-demokrazija u l-futur taghhom u tal-familji taghhom. Jidhlu ghal xi bicca xoghol imqar zghira.

Alternattiva Demokratika ghadha kif ghamlet pubbliku r-rapport tat-telfa elettorali. Tista' taqrah bl-Ingliz billi taghfas hawnhekk. Jekk tippreferi bil-Malti tista taqrah minn hawn.

Issa jmiss li naghmlu xi haga. Ahna? jien? int? min?

Jekk jinteressak il-futur tad-demokrazija f'pajjizek, l-anqas li tista' taghmel bhalissa huwa li tattendi laqgha straordinarja li ser issir nhar is-Sibt li gej fil-Waterfront Hotel, The Strand, Gzira. Nibdew bejn id-9.00 u d-9.30 u nlestu f'xi nofsinhar. Issir elezzjoni ta' kumitat ezekuttiv gdid ta' Alternattiva Demokratika - the Green Party. Ir-registrazzjoni bla hlas.

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Early intervention services in Gozo - inexistent

As an educator myself, I would like to comment on the inequality in educational resources and opportunities in Gozo vis a vis those in Malta.

I believe that educational policies in Gozo should not be inferior to those in Malta. Like many of you, I am aware of the relationship between low rates of education achievement and unemployment. The education administration in Gozo often has to struggle between two different ministries who often have two different agendas.

I would like to ask:

'Why is it that in certain areas, decisions of deployment of educators in Gozo are taken by the Ministry for Gozo without consultation with the Ministry of Education?'

Furthermore, 'Why does a family who needs to assess their child for an early intervention has to suffer the inconvenience of having to travel to the Child Development Assessment Unit (CDAU) waking up and leaving home from as early as half past five in the morning for an appointment at half nine? How client centred and child centred is this kind of service? And how is this inefficiency of this service going to affect the child's education success and future job opportunities?

Will this contribute to the possibility that s/he will end up on the unemployment list?

By offering such early intervention services in the Region Island of Gozo, it will help towards increasing equality of educational opportunity between Malta and Gozo. Investment in education does not merely entails investment in the provision of educational services; but investment in the research, evaluation and monitoring of quality provision and prevention programmes.

For these (and other) ideas to come to fruition you need to use your vote wisely. Vote for REAL change.