Through the Culture Pass, kindergarten, primary, middle school, senior students, and post-secondary students up to MQF Level 4 will be given an opportunity of experiencing at least one artistic production during the scholastic year, which has been produced by creative professionals through a curated programme. 

The Culture Pass is designed to:

I. Provide children and students from kindergarten to post-secondary schools or institutes which provide education up to MQF Level 4 with professional cultural and artistic experiences of the highest quality;

II. Compliment the learning outcomes of the National Curriculum and add value to cultural education and curricular subjects and cross-curricular themes (literacy, digital literacy, learning to learn and cooperative learning, education for sustainable development, entrepreneurship, diversity and creativity and innovation);

III. Encourage creative practitioners to create and develop new work for young audiences and increase the programming capacity over longer periods with the purpose of connecting artistic and non-artistic disciplines to the students’ curriculum. 

Call for Expression of Interest

The Culture Directorate within the Ministry for Arts, Culture and National Heritage and Arts Council Malta jointly announce a Call for Expression of Interest for the submission/proposal of events of a cultural and artistic nature targeting children and students from Kindergarten, Primary and students attending Middle, Senior and post-secondary schools. Activities are to be held between the date of launch and June 2027. 

This Call is intended to enable creative practitioners to generate captivating, creative,  innovative, original as well as already existing work, for audiences in these age categories and  to provide the opportunity for children and young people to experience at least one cultural  activity as an extension to the curriculum covered during the scholastic year.

 The objectives of the Culture Pass are as follows: 

• Enable educational growth for children and students attending educational institutions, from early education all along to institutes offering education up to MQF level 4 through cultural and artistic means, especially by creatively enhancing the curriculum and learning outcomes covered at school.
• Encourage collaboration between the educational and cultural sectors and other relevant sectors such as science and technology. Priority will be given to those who approach projects and productions through a cross-curricular approach. 
• Encourage and support young people to engage in cultural and artistic activities.
• Incentivise cultural producers to produce new productions and artistic activities devised specifically for children and young people.
• Create new audiences across different genres and styles.
• Promote culture and the arts as an entertaining, fulfilling, challenging and exciting activity for young people.