Employees, upon acquiring higher qualifications, demand higher positions and the attendant pay, well before demonstrating they have become more productive.
On the face of it, the directive by the Public Service Commission (PSC) that all senior government officers should acquire masters’ degrees within the next two years is laudable because it is interpreted to mean the higher the education of an individual, the higher their productivity.
However, most employees and even some employers do not seem to realise there is a triangular relationship between education, productivity and earnings. They tend to focus more on education and earnings, such that the correlation between education and productivity is downplayed. Employees, upon acquiring higher qualifications, demand higher positions and the attendant pay, well before demonstrating they have become more productive.
