College teachers to be graded on results

A new rating system will soon be introduced to grade college teachers based on their teaching and research performance, replacing the long-standing practice of seniority-based titles at universities, said a government notice yesterday.

Jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Personnel, the notice said college teaching staff would be graded according to 13 additional levels, besides the present four positional titles of professor, associate professor, lecturer and teaching assistant.

The different levels mean different income and treatment.