I think for people with PhD, the range in IPTA is somewhere around this:
Normal Lecturer: RM5k - 6k++
Senior Lecturer: RM8k - RM9k++
Associate Professor: RM10k - RM12k++
Professor: RM15k - RM16k++
Well, this may be a facts:
lecturer. it actually depends on your qualification and the post offered.By:Alexdino
lecturer DS45 or senior lecturer DS51/52
IINM To be able to attain DS51/52 you need to at least severed the Uni before as an tutorDA41 /lecturer DS45 while holding Master degree
having Phd doesnt automatic guarantee you a post in senior lecturer, you must at least have some teaching/tutoring experience or maybe some good publication (ISI journal)
DS45
P1T1 = 2213.96 (you always get higher than Pangkat1 or Tahun1 depended on the offer) (Pangkat depends on your experience, tahun depends on your serving year in government sector and it can be carry forward from other position)
Allowance = 700 + 550 +300 = 1550 (allowance are income tax free)
DS51
P1T1 = 3976.93
Allowance = 700 + 600 +300 = 1600
Pay are not so great, but at least you have flexible working hour, and annual leave of 30 days and sabbatical leave of 6 months.
and plenty opportunities to go outstation with daily allowance (food allowance/hotel/travel) and sponsored trip.
If you have Phd you can apply to teach Master program in the weekend which pay around rm150 per hour (2 hours a week, and one month will have an extra of 1.2k)
even your research funding can reach 100K++ per year, and you can use to buy your computer/notebook/......whatever that you can CLAIM useful to your research...
the only downside is you not only work on lecturing/ but also you must work on your research (which is the only method for promotion to Associate Professor) and the plenty office/admin documentation work.
Some Views on lecturer of IPTS:By LYN Forummer
I don't think so. I am a lecturer in an IPTS. I joined when I was a fresh PhD graduate and I got more than 5k. Even that I am already considered 'underpaid'. I know here is another IPTS that pays 6.5k for fresh PhD grads but I really do enjoy working here and I love my job and therefore I have no plans to move.
An academic is a respectable position despite what other people in the industry might think. The claims that academics do not have "real world experience" is a deeply flawed and they simply do not understand that our work involves working very closely with industry, governments and policy makers using academic knowledge to solve "real world" problems. You can challenge them to name one industry that does not need research.
The other unique part of this job is to be in a privileged position to apply your knowledge in nurturing and educating young minds, which I think is priceless. No word can describe the satisfaction when you know you are in the position to shape them into knowledgeable, bright and responsible adults who are going to inherit this world. This is something that you do not need a reward for. Even if there is a class of unappreciative students, a mere student who comes up to you to say "thank you" makes it all worthwhile.
To my opinion, I think those words of discouragement that I have seen thus far in this forum are stemmed from discontentment, or more accurately jealousy, that people have for academics because of the prestige of the job, the level of education that many are not able to achieve, the kind of respect that we get and more importantly the level of job satisfaction that we enjoyed. How many people can actually tell you that they love their job?
To put it simply, having a PhD really closed up a lot of doors for you and this is not especially helpful if you're a young graduate with no work experience; but it also opened up many more doors that not many will have the key to do so.
Therefore, do not feel discouraged. It is a hard route but remember, work hard towards your dream and you shall reap.
I’m so glad to know that you as brilliant Malaysian with high academic qualification are willing to serve & contribute to the country, unlike many other talents who chose to work overseas for better income instead.
In my opinion, work as lecturer no doubt is a good choice as it can produce many more talents to facilitate our country’s development. However, I think you should focus on R&D works (what the country is lacking of), so that we can pioneer the industry and thus making Bolehland really Boleh. AI, data comm., these are all the trends man!
Man, don’t waste your talents, and your years of hardwork!
