by Dionisia Tabureguci
As teachers and students’ morale continue to sink at the Fiji-based main campus of the University of the South Pacific, the institution’s weak financial position and exorbitant salary packages enjoyed by its senior management are expected to top the agenda at this year’s first USP Council meeting, scheduled to take place in Tonga mid this month.
The salary packages are at the centre of rising tension between USP management and parties representing students and teachers within campus.
As teachers and students’ morale continue to sink at the Fiji-based main campus of the University of the South Pacific, the institution’s weak financial position and exorbitant salary packages enjoyed by its senior management are expected to top the agenda at this year’s first USP Council meeting, scheduled to take place in Tonga mid this month.
The salary packages are at the centre of rising tension between USP management and parties representing students and teachers within campus.