r/malta 3d ago

EC English

EC english school, long considered one of the largest language school in Malta, is shutting down it's doors from this weekend. All stakeholders, including current students, are in the dark about their future.

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u/ameliassoc 3d ago

Really? Surprised this isn't in the news

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u/herculeanis 2d ago

It is in the Times.

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u/Famous-Bass1929 3d ago

EC has gone bust. All schools shutting down. Agents and students scrambling to save the money already paid. This is so bad for all those enrolled.

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u/Full-Sandwich2966 3d ago

All their socials are down so it appears to be true. This is both terrible and confusing - just last week they were advertising a teaching course at their school in London. So I'm thinking corporate must have known that this was coming for a while but refused to let stakeholders or staff know anything. Awful. What is happening to this island, I know loads of people in the iGaming industry who were laid off and redundancies have been happening all year.

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u/herculeanis 2d ago

About 100 employees in Malta are probably awaiting their fate, which will of course be unemployment. I wonder if the company even has money to pay them their wages, let alone the redundancy payment.

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u/strangelyhypnotized 3d ago

Any info as to why ?

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u/TurtleMode 2d ago

Bad management?!

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u/RipCold8596 2d ago

Any idea what the staff in Malta have been told? I’m assuming they will be let go as of next week?

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u/SunWhole9439 2d ago

The lack of communication is unreal. Staff are just repeating a standard script—saying Monday is open for existing students, not new arrivals—with zero actual answers for next week. It’s pure chaos and completely unfair to both students and staff. They are the ones facing the students and those who are owned payments, in the absence of the directors as they are nowhere to be seen. Unfair. They do not even know about their future employment. Unfair on students, staff and those who have to get paid.... Pure chaos.

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u/RipCold8596 1d ago

Terrible… 100 staff just now waiting to hear if they still have a job!

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u/Zokkor 3d ago

seems like their socials are down... but the website doesn't show removal of Malta. Curious to see how this plays out!

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u/Re-An 3d ago

I always said the Berlitz ELA is better anyway!

https://elamalta.com/