Mataram, University of Mataram – University of Mataram (Unram) held a socialization related to the promotion of lecturers’ academic positions, in accordance with the Decree of the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Number 209/P/2024 concerning Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of Development Services and Professional and Career Development of Lecturers. This activity lasted for three days, starting from June 5 to 7, 2024, in the Unram Senate Conference Room.

This socialization was attended by lecturers with functional positions at the Assistant Expert, Lecturer, and Head Lecturer levels within Unram. The purpose of this socialization is to inform the provisions for the promotion of lecturers’ academic positions during the transition period, because the Operational Guidelines for Credit Score Assessment (PO PAK) for the promotion of lecturers’ academic positions in 2019 are no longer valid.

Furthermore, the assessment of lecturer academic promotion is fully implemented through SISTER (Integrated Resource Information System).

The Head of the Unram Educator Team, Ahmadi, S.Si. explained that in order to follow up on the need to adjust the promotion process in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform Number 1 of 2023 concerning Functional Positions and the Regulation of the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Number 31 of 2022 concerning One Data for Education, Culture, Research and Technology; then based on Ministerial Decree Number 209/P/2024 concerning Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of Professional Career Development and Development Services for Lecturers, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, lecturers who will raise the career level of lecturer academic positions, need to pay attention or do:

1. Updating profile data in SISTER,
2. Matching of science clumps data in SISTER,
3. Updating position proposal data in accordance with KUM contained in PAK Integration (education, teaching, research, and service),
4. Assessment of lecturer performance,
5. PAK conversion, and
6. Scientific work/articles as special requirements.

“This policy change requires that, initially the increase in lecturer academic positions used PO PAK 2019 which was submitted through the pak.kemdikbud system (Slancar), now the lecturer academic promotion service is based on Ministerial Decree Number 209/P/2024 concerning Implementation of Professional Career Development and Development Services for Lecturers through SISTER,” he explained.

Through this socialization, it is hoped that in the context of developing Unram, lecturers can improve the career of lecturer academic positions to higher levels such as Head Lecturer (HL) to Professor (P), Lecturer (L) to Head Lecturer (HL), Expert Assistant (EA) to Lecturer (L).

The speakers in this socialization were the Rector of Unram, Prof. Ir. Bambang Hari Kusumo, M.Agr.St., Ph.D.; Vice Rector for Finance and General Affairs, Prof. Dr. Sukardi, M.Pd.; and Head of the Educator Team, Ahmadi, S.Si.