by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Governance, News, Politics
New Delhi : The Central government on Wednesday launched a common admission portal for foreign students to promote Indian education to “200,000 international students by 2023”.
The portal ‘Study in India’ was launched here as an initiative by the Human Resource Development Ministry, aided by the External Affairs Ministry.
Under the initiative, a total of 160 higher education institutes have been identified to provide education in over 1,500 courses to international students seeking to study in India. The institutes include all Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Presidency College, Kolkata, etc.
“Study in India has many dimensions. It’s a project where India becomes a hub of educational activities … Over the years we have seen a stagnation in the number of students coming to India. Singapore, Australia, and many other countries attracted more students. From India also, I have seen Australia doing a ‘Study in Australia’ project,” HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said in a video address.
“We are today focussing on Asia, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations), Africa, Gulf (Middle East) but… I have a dream that even American families will send their children to complete undergraduate courses in India,” he said.
Calling the endeavour a “major step forward” to freeing Indian education market for foreign students, Secretary, Higher Education, R. Subrahmanyam said that about 55 per cent of the total seats on offer at these 160 institutes will come with fee waivers.
The venture will include easing of visa requirements for international students.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh and diplomats from over 30 countries attended the launch.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | World
London : International students should be removed from Britain’s immigration figures, a report by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee said on Monday.
The all-party committee of politicians called for a major overall of Britain’s immigration policy making to help build a greater consensus and trust among the British public about immigration, Xinhua news agency reported.
Currently official figures give regular figures for net immigration, which is compiled by counting the number of people entering the country and subtracting the numbers leaving in the same period.
It takes into account people arriving from European Union member states, non-EU countries and students arriving to study in Britain.
The call for a change in the way the figures are compiled follows a parliament-backed National Conversation on Immigration, involving citizens’ panels across the country ”
“The government’s net migration target of the ‘tens of thousands’ is not working to build confidence and does not reflect the public’s view that different kinds of immigration should be treated differently,” the committee concluded.
It called for the net migration target to be replaced by an evidence-based framework for different types of migration taking into account Britain’s needs and humanitarian obligations.
There should be no national target to restrict the numbers of students coming to Britain, and at a minimum, the government should immediately remove students from the current net migration target.
Targets and controls on immigration should be set out in a newly established Annual Migration Report debated in parliament.
The annual report would also detail the previous year’s migration flows, the economic contribution from migration to Britain, and consideration of the requirements for different regions of the country.
Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who chairs the committee, said: “We need a much more open and honest debate, with sensible reforms to address people’s concerns. We are proposing an Annual Migration Report like the Budget each year with proper public consultation and independent advice.”
—IANS
