Today, on the basis of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) report, Times of India published the educational news "Indian Varsities no Magnets for Foreign Students." In this education news, we found that more than 1.5 Lakh students went to foreign countries for getting education but our all Indian universities have attracted very few foreign students. No. of all these universities are also few. But this new did not mention the real reason of this.
I analyzed this. Following point may be the reason of this happening:
1. There is no doubt, there is big source of knowledge in India but when foreign students come to India, they face big cost of living. I can explain it with my past experience. Once, I went to Mumbai. I went to a shop and drank on cup of milk. When I asked for bill. He demanded me Rs. 80. I know, this cup's cost was not more than Rs. 10. But, they demanded money for their rich city. Like this, there are lots of lack of honesty. All these points discourage foreign students to come in Indian Universities and live in India for learning.
2. There is also corruption in Indian education system which should be removed.
3. Our universities are working under heavy burden of Regulatory restrictions. Listing those will be too lengthy and nothing will change except lip service by the concerned. One classic point is 15% restriction on foreign students. Various interpretations by different regulators,particularly in the higher education sector. With such limiting factor imposed on Universities, achieving higher foreign students intake become impossible,more so for the Universities stated in this article.We have complex regulatory environment & do not have any willingness to amend those.
4. One more reason that foreign universities attracts Indian students by big advertisement. In this advertisement, they show that they have better knowledge. It is correct that they have big resources but it is not correct that they have better knowledge. On the other hand, very few Indian Universities advertise their organisation in foreign countries because Indian's own young population is 10 times of foreign young population, so these universities are concentrated. This is also very good point for Indian students.
I analyzed this. Following point may be the reason of this happening:
1. There is no doubt, there is big source of knowledge in India but when foreign students come to India, they face big cost of living. I can explain it with my past experience. Once, I went to Mumbai. I went to a shop and drank on cup of milk. When I asked for bill. He demanded me Rs. 80. I know, this cup's cost was not more than Rs. 10. But, they demanded money for their rich city. Like this, there are lots of lack of honesty. All these points discourage foreign students to come in Indian Universities and live in India for learning.
2. There is also corruption in Indian education system which should be removed.
3. Our universities are working under heavy burden of Regulatory restrictions. Listing those will be too lengthy and nothing will change except lip service by the concerned. One classic point is 15% restriction on foreign students. Various interpretations by different regulators,particularly in the higher education sector. With such limiting factor imposed on Universities, achieving higher foreign students intake become impossible,more so for the Universities stated in this article.We have complex regulatory environment & do not have any willingness to amend those.
4. One more reason that foreign universities attracts Indian students by big advertisement. In this advertisement, they show that they have better knowledge. It is correct that they have big resources but it is not correct that they have better knowledge. On the other hand, very few Indian Universities advertise their organisation in foreign countries because Indian's own young population is 10 times of foreign young population, so these universities are concentrated. This is also very good point for Indian students.
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