Newly Introduced Provisions in the Libyan Universities Law: A Comparative Study with Previous Legislation

A Comparative Study with Previous Legislation

Abstract

The study highlighted the provisions introduced by the Universities Law, compared to their organization in previous legislation regulating universities, whether at the level of university administrations, faculty, teaching assistants, students, or employees.

The study highlighted the legislator’s emphasis on the independence of universities from the Ministry of Higher Education, so that their role stops at supervision and follow-up only. As for the organization and management of higher education, it is carried out through the Supreme Council of Universities.

Within the scope of organizing the teaching staff’s conditions; The legislator has introduced many texts to regulate silent or controversial situations, such as restricting promotion to higher degrees based on a doctoral qualification, and adding the condition of teaching competence, And community service, in line with the goals of universities, setting controls for appointments in the field of clinical medicine specializations, providing guarantees in their disciplinary system, and granting them criminal immunity in connection with their work. At the level of teaching assistants, students, and employees, the legislator has introduced little regarding the regulation of their conditions. The legislator gave the applicant for appointment to the position of teaching assistant the opportunity to highlight his skills in speaking and lecturing, and not limit the evaluation to the written and oral exams. As for students, the legislator was more stringent in terms of the seriousness of their movement between universities and their educational attainment in the field of engineering colleges. As for employees, they were the least likely to introduce provisions regulating their status, as they were subject - in principle - to the laws of public employment.