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 then applying for a Permanent Residentship after completion of their certificate course. Also a number of fake colleges mushroomed to take in these pool of students. The Govt realised it's mistake in opening such vocational courses for international students. It was a loophole for migration. The rules have changed. Now students will have to complete their degree from a University and get relavent work experience in their related field before they can apply for a residentship. This, coupled with some violent incidents in the past year or two was too much for the so called students and so their numbers dropped. Genuine students continue to get enrolled in Australian Universities. However the rising cost of the $, with the Aus$ rising above the US$ is also a deterrent for prospective students. Comparison with the US will not be fair as US is a large economy. Budget of a mid level US university will overshadow that of Australia's biggest Uni ( Univ of NSW ) by a big margin. Jyotirmoy Perth. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
