PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister’s call to raise the salaries and
expedite the promotions of top performers in the public sector has been
well-received by the Higher Education Ministry, with the salary scheme
for professors to be revised.
Professors will be able to enjoy
promotions up to the highest grade without holding administrative posts
at public universities.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri
Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the move would put an end to politicking at
universities, as professors no longer needed to vie for top
administrative posts.
“They can focus solely on their individual
expertise through re-search activities, and this will help Malaysia
realise the New Economic Model,” he said in a press release.
The
ministry also hoped that the Government would not limit the salary
scheme review to professors, as improving the salaries of academic staff
as a whole would encourage the involvement of fresh graduates in
aca-demia.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced on
March 9 a range of Government initiatives to ensure faster career
advancement for dentists, doctors and pharmacists.
Meanwhile,
Bernama reports that the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) hoped that
the newly-announced comprehensive career advancement plan for doctors,
dentists and pharmacists would help retain the doctors in the public
sector.
MMA pesident, Dr David Quek said this was also a vital
move to maintain the number of doctors in the public sector, which
currently was declining.
“It would certainly encourage more
doctors working in the government hospitals and clinics to remain in the
service rather than consider venturing out into private practice,” he
said in a statement here, yesterday.
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