Due to the new regulations set by the Education and Employment Minister, Hon. Owen Bonnici and Dr. Frank Fabri, KSJC have stepped forward to address this issue that concerns Junior College Students.
The regulations stated:
- There will be no MATSEC examinations in May and they have all been postponed to September.
- Any resit MATSEC examinations will take place in December.
- Students will still be able to enroll to University or any other institution during this period.
- Students who do not pass from the first-sit will still be able to enroll but on a probation basis.
An email was sent out on the 30th of March to all Junior College students addressing any concerns and questions that were raised. It was written that the usual end-of-year examinations for first-year students will not be held. Having said that, first-year students will not be progressing to second-year automatically but will instead be marked on the assessments that they worked on throughout the year.
It is an expected reaction for students to be concerned due to the possibility of not having resits. However, KSJC President, Kleaven Pisani is in constant contact with the principal, to input the students’ queries including their concerns about resits.
“We as KSJC are happy that JC acted swiftly to address the situation after we made contact with the administration to voice the students’ concerns on the current situation through our system of ‘You complain, You gain’.”
Kleaven Pisani, KSJC President
KSJC has informed us that there is still more to discuss and encourages all Junior College student organisations to come forward with any concerns that students might have approached them with.
Further updates with any information will be put up on the KSJC Facebook page immediately.