Re: [Assam] [assam] 63% drop in student visa applications in Australia Report

2011-08-08 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
The last line says it all. Australia gets better students from China, Vietnam than India. Last couple of years, so called students from Punjab, Delhi and Gujarat came in droves and enrolled in courses like hair dressing, cookery etc with the primary aim of working during their study period and

Re: [Assam] [assam] 63% drop in student visa applications in Australia Report

2011-08-07 Thread bbaruah
Dear Netters: I have been posting figures of Indian students going abroad for higher studies. Here is a report on visas for Australia. We know why Australia is shunned by Indian students. 63% drop in student visa applications from India in Australia: Report PTI | Aug 3, 2011, 10.54AM IST

Re: [Assam] [assam] 63% drop in student visa applications in Australia Report

2011-08-07 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dear BK: What is your personal view if a 'phoren' :-) education is of any benefit to a 'desi', regardless of whether he/she returns to India and regardless of the quality of the particular 'education' as compared with an equivalent 'desi' education'? I ask the question because you are one