Summarized from ST
13 April 2015
SINGAPORE – All eligible Singaporeans are considered carefully for academic positions in Singapore’s universities, and there are processes to ensure that hiring is non-discriminatory, said Senior Minister of State for Education Indranee Rajah in Parliament on Monday.
She was responding to Mr Lim Biow Chuan (Mountbatten), who asked whether the Government would require that eligible Singaporeans be given priority for academic employment in autonomous universities that receive Government funding.
Mr Lim, who chairs the government parliamentary committee for education, also asked if the Government would require the universities’ human resource departments to be headed by a Singaporean, so that eligible Singaporeans are given due consideration for employment.
Ms Indranee replied: “It is important that our autonomous universities recruit academic staff based on merit, to ensure that they hire the best talent able to deliver high quality education and conduct research that will benefit our students and Singapore.”
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