The university of korça sacrifices itself

OPINION: By Hansi KapllaniThe University of Korçë sacrifices itself to join the University of Tirana!Meanwhile, on the one hand, this news is given, and on the other hand, after all these years, the real controllers of UniKo’s funds come to the surface.Absurdity catches the edges!One party announces the academic capitulation, which was most likely imposed by the central education policies of the government and the ministry.The other party sheds crocodile tears for this development, as if it fell like a bolt from the sky.In fact, no one sees the problem in the eyes and everyone has avoided the solution that time forced.The primary interest of these parties is not students, education, scientific research, the good name of Korçë, but tenders, projects, financial control, influence, employment, etc.Yes, Korça should have a university!No, Korça should not have a university in these standards it has now.Many people start their analysis with Mesonjetora to continue at UniKo.They forget that the university is not an ordinary school and that we lack tradition in this regard.The university is the place where knowledge, ideas, science, theses, antitheses, theories, inventions, research, etc. are produced.By conceiving the university as a continuation of the learning system, a very big mistake is made.Why Korça and Korçare elite failed to maintain and create a university?It failed because the university was never the environment where the purest principles of science, meritocracy, knowledge and education prevailed.The university became home to petty parties and interests, defeating its primary purpose.The initial zeal faded and the search fell to ridiculous levels.The skilled are shunned by the unskilled.If we look at every sector of the economy, those who are afraid of the market are mediocre.They hide behind titles and offices.Who is the solution?First, we must agree on a very simple principle, which is an economic principle.There can be no quality and university without money.The university in every country of the world is made either by those who really have a certain level of education or by those who pay the real cost of it.Free university and bernut for every Tutku who does not know how to write his name cannot have it.So the University must submit to the market.As the people say, a little and exactly, not a lot and for the river.The university is not necessary but elite and should remain as such.With the implementation of this principle, the salaries of the academic staff also increase with the aim of bringing closer those who are truly academic and priority areas are set.Funds for research are increased and the best practices of the literature are also brought.We don’t need to reinvent the wheel. This should be done with a Public-Private partnership and open an international competition not only for the University of Korce but for all the Universities in the districts.The state can be a co-financier and shareholder in these organizations for the purpose of reimbursement of costs, but not imposing.After this fair and transparent process, you will be able to see a university with European standards.In these new institutions, the criterion will be academic performance, without which they cannot survive.The French high school in Korce was a success story after the centuries-old practices of French education were brought.Students were prepared for the European market and elites were formed there.There was no place for the mediocre, and whoever graduated from this high school could enter any university in Europe without a problem.Korca was not the capital in those years, however, students from all over Albania came to Korca for the quality education they received.Well, this high school was closed with the communists.Centralization and collection in one hand is a communist feature that is still applied today.Union with Tirana hasty, temporary and not long-term.It just deepens the problem.