Prof. Carmel Borg, head of the Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education at the University of Malta’s Education Faculty was awarded Ä ieħ ir-Repubblika for his contribution to the educational sector.
Prof. Borg is an academic with a strong presence in the public sphere, both locally and internationally. His professional work and his social activism focus on the intersection of education, democracy and social justice. His three-decade struggle for equity in education has reached all corners of the world, with frequent keynote speeches, honorary visiting professorships, a string of collaborative research projects, and community-based initiatives.
The recipient of multiple awards, Prof. Borg has received accolades from heads of state and grassroots alike for his honest, meticulous, consistent, and fearless approach to analysing social inequities in education and beyond. In his critical engagement with societies and their education systems, he has regularly signposted action for inclusion, diversity, and equity in education.
Prof. Borg has contributed to the formation of thousands of prospective and in-service educators, education administrators and policy makers. Several members of diverse communities have benefited from his critical-literacy programmes for personal and social change. Governments, education institutions and agencies have solicited his wide-ranging expertise.