Multiculturalism in Maltese Education System.

Running head: MULTICULTURALISM IN MALTESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
MULTICULTURALISM IN MALTESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
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1MULTICULTURALISM IN MALTESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Students from diverse cultures are entering the education system in Malta and thus it
is required that the educational professionals be culturally competent and the teachers need to
be more competent in this case. Teachers along with the transcultural counselors possessing
multicultural competence can come up together to bring in enhancement in the wellbeing of
students. Changes in the system are resulting in reshaping the societal dynamics at both local
as well as global levels. The changes are taking place due to globalization and associated
processes that include economic, cultural, political and migratory. Thus these types of
changes are reshaping the culture of (Malta Borg & Mayo, 2015). Malta has witnessed a lot
of changes which has been dramatic in nature. In this paper, the education system of the
Malta has been considered focusing on the multiculturalism that is prevalent there now-a-
days.
The responses along with the reactions of the society are a reason for the increase in
the cultural diversity that in turn creates inequities. Schools and teachers are considered to be
as microcosm of the society but once cultural inequities get embedded within the school
setting they create a significant cultural climate within the school premises. The classrooms
in Maltese schools are a representation of the broader society as there are many students from
different nationalities such as UK, Serbia, Italy, Syria, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria,
Turkey, Somalia, South America, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Asia attending the schools in this
region (Spiteri, 2016). For example the St. Paul’s Bay Primary School has students from
almost 43 different countries thus making the Maltese classroom diverse in many spheres that
include language, social class, race, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity and mental health
challenges. The increase in the cultural diversity is a proof that with every passing day more
and more students from diverse cultures are becoming a part of the Maltese education system
and there different needs are to be met by the staffs of the school (Vella et al., 2015). The
increase in the cultural diversity asks for a different level of multicultural competence that