20 university courses not being held due to lack of applicants

20 courses at the University of Malta aren’t being held during the ongoing scholastic year due a lack of applicants, Environment Minister Leo Brincat revealed in response to a parliamentary question by Opposition MP Censu Galea.

Brincat was speaking in the absence of Education Minister Evarist Bartolo.

These courses are:

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Gozo Campus)

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mediterranean Agro-ecosystems Management

Certificate in Arabic for Business and Communication

Certificate in Banking and Finance

Certificate in Food Culture

Diploma in European Studies

Diploma in Gozo Studies

Higher Diploma in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Higher Diploma in Sustainable Land and Real Estate Management

Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability and Tourism

Master of Science in Strategic Innovation and Future Creation

Master in Probation Services

Master of Arts in Hospitallier Studies (Gozo)

Master of Arts in Islands and Small States Studies

Master of Arts in Mediation

Master of Science in Pharmacology or Clinical Pharmacology

Master of Spatial Planning

Postgraduate Diploma in Lifelong Career Guidance and Devlopment

Postgraduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems

Postgraduate Certificate in Restorative Justice Mediation

Opposition MP Francis Zammit voiced concern at the apparent lack of interest in the Bachelor of Arts courses in Gozo and in the Diploma in Gozo Studies course. 

90% of students pass O’Levels after free revision scheme

Responding to a separate parliamentary question on behalf of Bartolo, Brincat said that 89.7% of the O’Level students who had applied for free tuition last summer managed to pass their resit examinations.

Only 100 of the 1092 applicants failed their exams at the second time of asking, with a further 12 not turning up for the resit exams.

40% of the exam-takers received a Grade 6 or Grade 7.

The government initiative, part of the Youth Guarantee Scheme, offered students free lessons in English, Maltese, Mathematics and Physics.

298 students had applied for English lessons, 223 for Maltese ones, 375 for Mathematics ones, and 196 for Physics ones.