Raises Miss Expectations

Hundreds of faculty members and researchers in Egypt signed a statement saying that the announced increases in their incentives fell short of expectations. The quality incentive amounts were limited, with half of the funding tied to institutions’ own-source revenues, while the university teaching incentive amounts to 1,000 Egyptian pounds per month for nine months and is funded entirely from those revenues. The signatories warned that tying entitlements to institutions’ financial capacity could undermine fairness among universities and research centers. They called for the amounts to be reconsidered and for stable, equitable funding to be guaranteed. They also called for a 13-member joint committee to be formed within five days and to complete its work within a week, drawing up proposals for the increases in cooperation with the Ministries of Finance and of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

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