Monday 5 December 2011

When genuine Doctors fail to address degrees properly!

When the web sites of higher education are to be designed,
for it is the online facade for the institution to outer world,
extra care should be taken. Public universities in Myanmar
are well regarded and they are subsidized by the state and
they offer adequate education for free. They have been on
the path of transforming into research intensive universities
from teaching only universities. However, there are rooms
to improve. Following is an example. Professor Daw Khin
San Yee is whom I respect well. But her employer web site
wrongly address her credentials as below:

'Dr. Khin San Yee
B.Com (A.A), M.Com, DAC, Ph.D (Germany)
Pro-Rector of Yangon Institute of Economics
MBA Programme Director'
http://www.mba-mm.com/res/about/faculty1.html

Germany has strict rules for PhD. If someone has earned
double PhDs, the proper way to write his name will be
"Dr. Dr. XYZ".  For a professor who has earned a PhD,
then the proper way to write her degree in an academic
environment in Germany will be "Professor Dr. XYZ".
In Germany, Austria, and also in the Netherlands (they
are Germanic countries), only PhDs can use Dr. prefix.

So it should be as follows:

'Professor Dr. Khin San Yee,
B.Com (A.A), M.Com, DAC, Ph.D (Goettingen),
The pro-Rector of Yangon Institute of Economics,
MBA Programme Director.'

As you may notice I am trying to ramp up my blog as
I will later try to publish in local media.

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