Abstract
The need to enhance local capability is one of most Kuwaiti government priorities that is embodied in the overall governmental plan. In fact, the Kuwaiti government has exerted efforts to forge the College of Technological Studies, CTS, in order to equipped students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are required by essential sector in the country’s economy (e.g., Oil and Electricity and Water). However, the success of the College of Technological Studies in achieving its objectives would rely on the competencies of the CTS management and academic staff in meeting industrial requirements. The shaping and enhancing of student’s ability in managing, maintaining, and adapting the imported technology in industries would rely on the level of academic staff knowledge, skills, experience, and attitude in meeting industrial requirements. The efficiency of the promotion system for academic staff would indeed contribute significantly to shaping the standard of the CTS graduates. The need to absorb and evaluate the current status of the CTS academic staff promotion system must be one of highly management priority in order to achieve the CTS overall objectives. The aim of this paper is to identify and examine the efficiency of the academic staff promotion system. Several issues would be investigated and examined. Among which: the criteria’s applied in selected and approving academic journals, the criteria’s required for promoting academic staff, work ethics and its relation to the academic staff promotion system, and the obstacles that might face the CTS management in applying the academic staff promotion system. The paper would conclude that unless the management of the CTS realised and appreciate the significant role of the academic staff promotion system, industries would continue to rely on expatriate for years ahead.
Highlights
The rapid change in science and technology in industries and business call for an immediate respond from labour market to deal with various dramatic scientific and technological advancement
The constant changing of industrial strategies and techniques to diversify production techniques, respond to social changes, coping with climate change, spread of coronavirus, energy consumption and saving, and water shortage increasing the demand for skilled manpower
The research would focus on the requirements as well as the obstacles that may hinder the implementation of an efficient the academic staff promotion system
Summary
The rapid change in science and technology in industries and business call for an immediate respond from labour market to deal with various dramatic scientific and technological advancement. The importance of technical and vocational education in enhancing student’s knowledge, skills and attitudes is highly stressed in related literature Vocational and technical education was taught is classroom and moderate workshops and laboratories with the attention of providing students with general knowledge and skills. In recent years a new philosophy has be adapted and transferred into action where students gain knowledge, skills and attitude in their colleges premises and spend certain time in industries and business. The term “vocationalism” has been emerge to emphasis on the need of education to respond to industrial needs, in the area of managing, adapting, and maintain the imported technology applied in their activities
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