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Institutions of higher education should secure an adequate number of teaching staff well qualified for the purpose and nature of the institution and suitable for a position in either teaching or research. At the same time institutions of higher education should improve their administration regarding teaching staff. They should, that is, prevent that stagnation in teaching and research which results from insularity; they should obtain me participation or experts from outside the institution in the selection and evaluation of the performance of the teaching staff; they should limit the time that one teacher can remain in one particular position; they should also limit the number of teachers graduating from any one university.
At the same time, teachers salaries and other conditions of employment must be extensively improved in order for institutions of higher education to attract a highly qualified staff and to make it easier to exchange personnel with circles outside the institution. The improvement in the salary level should also include devices to encourage teachers to make greater efforts for education.
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