The Mountain Journal
Academic and research staff in public universities and research institutions will now retire between 60 and 75 years, depending on rank, employment type, and disability status, under new guidelines issued by the Public Service Commission (PSC).
In the new guideline, the non-teaching staff will retire at 60 years, while those registered as persons with disabilities are allowed to retire at 65 years, as provided under Regulation 70(i)(b) of the Public Service Commission Regulations.
In a memo addressed to Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, university councils, vice chancellors, state corporations, the Registrar of the Judiciary, and the Auditor-General, by the Public Service Commission CEO Paul Famba states that the change aims to “ensure uniformity and compliance in the public service.”
Famba noted that this circular supersedes the earlier circular Ref. OP.CAB.2/7A dated March 20, 2009, as well as any other policy guidelines related to mandatory retirement in public institutions.
He instructed all recipients to ensure strict compliance with the new regulations.
“The Constitution places the mantle of human resource management in the Public Service on the Public Service Commission,” he said.
The circular, calls that effective immediately, professors and research professors who are permanent and pensionable will retire at 70 years, or 75 years if living with a disability.
Associate professors, associate research professors, senior lecturers, and senior research fellows in similar employment categories will retire at 65 years, or 70 years for those with a disability.
Famba adds that this will ensure the public service is efficient and effective, reviewing and making recommendations to the national government on conditions of service and qualifications for public officers.
