‘Lack of good bonus discourages distinguished researchers in KU’
‘Teachers must attest qualification degrees’
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 18: Professor of Chemistry in Kuwait University’s Faculty of Sciences Dr Ali Bu Majdad affirmed that the lack of sufficient incentives that encourage distinguished researchers to remain in the post is the reason behind the decline in Kuwait University’s level in the field of scientific research, reports Aljarida daily.
He indicated that there is encouragement to teach through additional bonus of up to KD 3,000 in one semester, proposing to reduce the extra teaching for distinguished researchers in order to give them the priority of choosing the subjects and its times.
Dr Bu Majdad stressed that there should be incentives offered to the distinguished foreign researchers by giving them long-term contracts if their researches are distinguished. He asked for clearer conditions concerning the secondment of professors from other universities and who are working in Kuwait University, as they tend to mention the address of their mother university in their researches instead of their current address in Kuwait University, which falsely indicates that their researches were conducted in the main university.
Local hiring: Speaking of the local hires, which the Ministry of Education has opened electronically (online) for male and female teachers, an educational source told the daily it does not sign contracts with any expatriate teacher except after an undertaking in which he/she undertakes to verify the authenticity of educational qualification and certificate of experience, and he/she bears legal responsibility in the event of submitting false/forged documents, reports Al-Rai daily.
The appointment will be effective only when the cultural attaché in the certificate issuing country verifies the authenticity of the relevant certificates. The source said that the law of equivalence of certificates is still suspended and the ministry will appoint teachers in the local and external contracts, according to the previous mechanism, with taking written pledges to them.