Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Australian universities to set up campuses in India

This piece of news will please all parties in India and Australia and provide conditions for mending strained bilateral relations following the spate of "coincidental" attacks on Indian students and recent migrants.

AUSTRALIAN universities would be free to set up campuses and issue degrees in one of the world's biggest education markets if an Indian government plan to open up its tertiary education sector to foreign competition wins the support of parliament.

India's national cabinet has approved a bill that would allow
foreign education providers to operate in India amid booming demand for tertiary education. About half of India's 1.15 billion people are under 25 years of age and Kapil Sibal, India's Minister for Human Resource Development, said that 40
million young people will be going to university over the next 10 years in India.


http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/our-unis-could-set-up-in-india-20100316-qcml.html

Australian universities can sustain its earnings highly dependent on educating foreign students without hurting the sensitivities of some intolerant locals and those concern about competition for jobs.

These graduates who studied in campuses based outside Australia would not enjoy advantages under the immigration points system; applicants must have studied in a local university for at least two years.

http://www.workpermit.com/australia/point_calculator.htm

Previous posts on the subject of migrant students :
http://ausletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/admit-and-capitalise-dealing-with.html

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