Tackling workload challenges in M’sian varsities

Sharing the workload with industry, balancing the workload among staff, and focusing more on students’ learning, can effectively reduce strain on overworked educators, says City University deputy vice-chancellor (Academic) Prof David Ngo Chek Ling.

Noting that educators in public universities (IPTA) and private institutions (IPTS) face different workload challenges, such as handling larger classes or more classes with fewer students, he said the increase in staff turnover in recent years has made the shortage of staff worse in Malaysian universities, especially in IPTS.