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Rising Indian middle-class eyes Australian education
The ABC reports that the number of Indian students coming to Australia is rapidly rising with the number of higher education visa applications lodged by students in India to study in Australia more than doubling from 1,987 to 4,148 in the year to September 2013.
India's growing economy has pulled hundreds of millions of people into the middle class and has given them the means and the drive to pursue higher education, reports the ABC.
"Students are no longer just going to Australia seeking permanent residency, they are actually going there to get a quality education," Rhian Thomas, group vice president at The Chopras education services company in New Delhi, said.
The report notes that the standard of Indian universities varies, many offer poor quality courses - for example of the half a million students who graduate from engineering degrees in India each year, only 20 per cent have the skills to be employed in the sector.
Ms Thomas says while many students may not want to study in India, they do plan to move back there eventually.
"You will also find a very large segment of the Indian student population who are looking to go overseas and then go on looking to just get one or two years work experience before coming back and implementing those skills either in the family business… or use those skills in some other way, shape or form in their career here in India," she said.
Editors Note: The graph shows the grant increase over the previous period. Follow this link for the full story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-12/an-indian-students-rising-hold/5242504
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014@ Piotr Ferenc - that may be typical of a lot of the CRICOS Education Providers who don't fully utilise the Network of 4,500+ Australian Registered Migration Agents to help them market and get the highest possible Visa Grants for their Students.
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
I have formally written to JCU about their policy and plan to publish my letter to them as well as any response in due course in this blog. I requested a response by the close of business today.
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Thursday, 20 February 2014
I have received a response from JCU, but have sought further clarifications and extended the publishing deadline. Watch the blog for updates early next week.
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Interesting ; JCU is currently refusing agent's representation on the basis of nationality specificly indians . I have got it in writing ! Pure discrimination !!!!!