KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's higher education ambitions could be undermined if lecturers continue to struggle with excessive workloads, unfair career policies and inadequate institutional support, the Malaysian Academic Association Congress (MAAC) said.
Its executive committee said protecting lecturers' welfare was essential to improving the quality of education, research and the country's development.
"When academics have the time and institutional support to do their work well, students, universities and the nation all benefit," it told the New Straits Times.
MAAC said the planned repeal of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU) presented an opportunity to address longstanding weaknesses in university governance, academic freedom and staff welfare.
