After demanding the simplification of the onerous conditions for resignation, a new decision has been made for graduate students.

Several professors and doctoral students have emphasized the need to reconsider the decision made by the Higher Education Council affiliated with the former regime to prohibit the acceptance of any faculty member's resignation (whether academic or technical) in Syrian universities except under unattainable conditions. This decision has sparked much debate and questioning, with a call to review the policy of forcing employees to remain in their positions until reaching the age of sixty or completing thirty years of service. According to appeals, the decision imposed harsh conditions and relied on unfair criteria, putting many university employees in a difficult position, especially technical faculty members who were appointed as engineers in the past without having obtained a master's degree and found themselves unable to pursue scientific research, leading to their rejected resignations. Students added that one of the unjust conditions imposed by the decision is that the employee must have completed 30 years of service or reached the age of sixty to be allowed to resign. These criteria do not consider that an employee may be in a stage of life that does not allow them to continue in their job, despite their dedication to their duties. Forcing an employee to stay in their job simply because administrative conditions require it, while they are unable to provide any added value, is illogical. It is necessary to make changes regarding technical faculty members who do not have the same commitment to the state as other teaching staff members. Personal circumstances of employees should be taken into account, allowing them the flexibility to make professional decisions freely, granting every individual the right to change their career path if personal circumstances necessitate it, without being cornered into limited options.