KABUL(SW): The Ministry of Higher Education has revealed that a number of lecturers from the government universities defy working hours to teach at private institutions.
Amir Kamawal, Head of Private Universities’s Affairs at the Ministry, told Salam Watandar that the Ministry has warned these lecturers on a number of occasions. “But they have ignored all such warnings”, he said.
Kamawal added that most of these lecturers who defy rules are associated with the Political Sciences, Economics and Engineering faculties.
He noted that the ministry was considering to legalize for the government lecturers to go and teach at the private universities, “But that still does not mean that the lecturers should defy their official duties”, he stressed.
He further said that the ministry was monitoring and evaluating the cases of those suspected of the practice.
Meanwhile, a number of students from the political sciences and economic faculties at the Kabul University have complained that their teachers would not turn up for the lectures. They said that the teachers only show-up when the exams approach.
Safiullah Jalalzai, an official at the Ministry of Higher Education, however said that government lecturers are well paid and they have no right to leave and teach at private universities during office hours. “They are paid between afn 25,000 to afn 26, 000, no teacher is allowed to teach at the private universities from 8 am to 4 pm”, he said.
He said the Ministry would take serious action against those who violate the law set for this very purpose.
According to the new regulations by the Ministry of Higher Education, those applicants who want to teach at the university level should at least hold a master’s degree.
According to the MoHE, there are around 120 private universities and institutions in the country out of which 54 are in Kabul and the rest 66 are spread across the country.
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