Post-graduates uninterested in civil service

Post-graduates uninterested in civil service

JAKARTA (JP): Few post-graduates are interested in pursuing
careers as teachers or civil servants, rector of the University
of Indonesia M.K. Tadjudin said on Saturday.

Tadjudin said that post-graduates with a master's or doctoral
degree are not interested in government jobs because their
initial salaries are generally the same as an undergraduate's.

"Nowadays, more and more people pursue higher learning on
their own instead of attaining it while working as government
employees," Tadjudin said.

He added that recruiting post-graduates will save the
government money because they won't have to pay for their
education.

"I propose that post-graduates start at a higher level in the
government bureaucracy compared to undergraduates," Tadjudin said
during a graduation and recruitment ceremony held at the
university's campus in Depok.

The rector also suggested that post-graduates publish their
theses and dissertations in academic journals instead of academic
texts kept in libraries.

"Publishing in scientific journals may reduce plagiarism," he
said.

The University of Indonesia publishes several scientific
journals, both in English and Indonesian. (14)