Why is there shortage of PhD lecturers?Is it because there's not many Malaysian PhD holders?
Is it because there was stumbling block for PhD holders to be lecturers in the employment system?
Is it because of lack of meritocracy that drives out previous and current lecturers?
Is it because of deprivation and cartelism within the Universities system?
Is it a racial issue or because of fear?
According to Malaysian Higher Education Public Institutions Vice-Chancellors and Rectors Committee chairman Professor Datuk Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Shortage of lecturers with PhDs due to pay.
Is it real or surreal?
Dzulkifli, who is Universiti Sains Malaysia vice-chancellor, said "Only about 30 per cent of lecturers in the 20 public institutions of higher learning in the country have PhDs. USM is the exception with 70 per cent."
Those in the academia, they know the reason. Those in UMNO, they know the reason. For many others, its just hearsay and res gestae.
Nevermind about it; even if there is a royal commission to conduct a study, the answer will not be a solution. In Murphy's philosophy, a solution to a problem will breed far more insidious problem. Let's shut up and have a cuppa. Be merry and be happy!
1 comment:
Check out blogs for education malaysia. May give you some idea of the predicament.
Solution is not so simple; following criteria needed.
1. Better pay for researchers.
2. Actual research being published & subjected to open discourse. Publish or perish as the saying goes in current academic circles.
3. Funding into research needed. Where's our tax payers money going?
4. Open discourse needed in all education levels. Curiosity to be encouraged.
Therefore a freer, open & supported education environment would encourage quality Phd & non-Phd holders to further academic & industrial related research for the better of humanity & the economy.
lepak-lad
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