Universities with autonomy lack right to hire lecturers
Covered by the Law on Public Employees, universities with autonomy don’t have the right to make decisions in recruitment, increase pay for talented lecturers, or dismiss incapable workers.
The state wants to transfer autonomy in personnel to universities, but requires universities to recruit civil servants only. But the number of civil servants is not high enough to implement the tasks at universities.
If universities want to open more majors and joint training programs, but do not enjoy autonomy in financing, they do not have the right to increase personnel. The number of permanent lecturers is the basis to determine the enrollment quota. If higher education establishments want to increase enrollment, they have to increase the number of permanent lecturers.
Le Huyen
