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Govt to revise 16 regulations to pave way for foreign rectors, lecturers
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Education matters: Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir speaks to journalists on the sidelines of an event preceding the commemoration of National Technology Awakening Day in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Aug. 8, 2017. (JP/Moses Ompusunggu)
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n a bid to improve higher education, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration plans to make it easier for foreigners to work in the country as rectors or lecturers.
“We are not playing around with the plan, as we will soon revise 16 regulations to make it work,” Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir said at the State Palace on Monday.
“The revision is expected to be done by the end of this year, so the plan can be implemented next year,” Nasir went on, adding that Jokowi himself had accepted the planned revision.
The minister did not specify which regulations would be revised, but he said the change would allow all eligible candidates for rector positions — whether from inside or outside the country — to compete fairly.
Applicants should at least have good networks and experience in leading a university and conducting research, he said.
The government is keen to get local universities listed at least among the top 200 universities in the world. Foreign academics, Nasir said, were expected to produce higher-quality graduates, as the country's universities had struggled to improve their rankings in global charts of top universities.
According to a recent report by global university rating institution Quacquarelli Symonds, only nine Indonesian universities made it into the 1,000 top universities in the world. Among them are the University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University and the Bandung Institute of Technology. (vny)
