The Maltese education system operates under the responsibility and supervision of the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation.
The Migrant Learners’ Unit seeks to promote the inclusion of newly arrived learners into the education system. The Unit provides guidance and information about the Maltese educational system to assist non-Maltese students. For more information, please visit the official website here.
- Children of asylum seekers and asylum seekers who are children shall have access to the education system under similar conditions as Maltese nationals.
- Asylum seekers must be allowed access to vocational training irrespective of whether they have access to the labour market.
- Asylum seekers in Malta may apply for exemptions from fees payable at state educational institutions. For more information on exemptions from tuition fees at state educational institutions, please see here.
- Persons with refugee status may access compulsory school and higher education in Maltese state educational institutions and apply for an exemption from fees at state educational institutions (covering compulsory education, vocational studies e.g. MCAST, tertiary studies e.g. University of Malta, and adult learning e.g. Lifelong Learning courses). Please find the application form here.
- Persons granted Temporary Protection, need to fill in this form to enrol their child in a Maltese State School. You may submit this form to your local school if you are not filling it in online.
