Malta needs new vision for education - Momentum

Malta urgently needs a new vision for education, one that places human development, critical thinking, creativity and active citizenship at its centre, rather than reducing education to a narrow tool serving short-term economic interests, Momentum said on Monday.

While economic participation is important, education must never be reduced to producing “human resources” for an economic model that often prioritises overdevelopment, precarious work and unsustainable growth, the party said. 

It said it is proposing a broader and more humane educational vision based on greater emphasis on critical thinking, media literacy and democratic participation; stronger investment in arts, culture, philosophy and civic education, a national strategy to improve student wellbeing and mental health, less obsession with rote learning, exams and standardised testing, better support, dignity and working conditions for educators and education policies that place inclusion and equal opportunity at their core.

It said schools that foster environmental awareness, social responsibility and community engagement.

Momentum executive member Natasha Azzopardi said that Malta needs the courage to rethink what success in education truly means. Rather than competing over who can produce more workers faster, political parties should focus on building an education system that nurtures curiosity, ethics, creativity, solidarity and democratic values.