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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[University must address governance issue]]></title>
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								The news that the University Council is ‘paralysed’ because the Government had still not appointed the 13 members that represent it may seem dramatic. University courses and students’ lives on campus are unlikely to have been affected much by this inertia. However, it does raise an issue about the governance of this educational institution.
The country’s sole University is owned and financed by the State. So it is to be expected that the Government reserves the right to appoint the majority of members sitting on the council, the main governing body of the University. Like the board of directors of any commercial company, the University council has to endorse certain management decisions to ensure that there is proper oversight on the executive arm.
The members of the University council should be ‘fit and proper’ to deserve the trust of the stakeholders of this institution: the students, the academic staff, the educational authorities and the taxpayers who finance the venture. A governing council with 24 members seems far too large for any organisation and a rationalisation exercise could be a first step to strengthen corporate governance.
The delays in appointing new members on...				]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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