Lecturers face new hurdle to promotion

Star: PUTRAJAYA: University lecturers hoping to be promoted will now have to clear an extra hurdle.
Besides having to be confirmed in their posts and pass the Efficiency Level Assessment test, they now have to achieve a “standard of academic excellence” fixed by the university’s board of directors.
This requirement is effective Jan 1.
According to a circular issued by the Public Services Department, both the Higher Education Ministry and the universities will work together to set the criteria for the standard.
Universiti Malaya Academic Staff Association secretary Rosli Omar welcomed the move.
“There has been dissatisfaction among academicians in previous promotion exercises where there were no clear guidelines on the requirement for promotion,” he said.
Rosli however said that the association would continue to call for the Efficiency Level Assessment to be removed as one of the basis for promotion.