Mission statement

To enhance the quality of education by exercising a directional influence for the prevention of hazards

Biex intejbu il-kwalità ta' edukazzjoni billi nagħmlu enfasi fuq il-prevenzjoni tal-periklu.

The policy of the Health & Safety Unit (DSRM in the Directorate for Educational Services) is to provide and maintain a safe and healthy environment in schools by:

teaching students about hazards

advising school administrations against hazards through risk  assessments

organizing on-going training for school personnel

providing, for staff and students in Maltese schools, such information, training and supervision as is required to attain these objectives.

Health & Safety unit objectives

1.    Create a greater awareness of H&S in schools

2.    Create and maintain a referable policy re- H&S in schools

3.    Provide an on-going service in schools through peripatetic teachers and resident H&S teachers in secondary schools.

4.    Co-ordinating and providing specific training for H&S teachers in the primary and secondary level

5.      Co-ordinating periodic training for the teaching classes in general with regards to H&S issues in schools

This is done through the services of peripatetic teachers, and resident health and safety teachers in every secondary and post secondary school. These create a network of experience through which the above aims are reached.

The Maria Regina and Gozo Colleges have a project going under the name of "Catch-'em-young" in which two H&S teachers (Ms. Joanna Buttigieg for Gozo College and Ms. Marie Louise Muscat for Maria Regina) are extending the teaching to the very young through art; singing; mime; role-plays; puzzles etc. This way we are exposing a wider spectrum of children (3 to 17 years) to a healthier and safer way of life.