Indian summer (An Article in THE AUSTRALIAN inspired by my blog)

He predicted that the five countries – the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – would collectively enrol 55,000 new students from India this year. This equates to the number that flocked to Australia alone in 2009, when over 150,000 Indians commenced studies in the five countries.

Mr Singh said expert claims about the “huge Indian market and its growth rate” were overblown, and that Australia could expect about 10,000 new enrolments this year – the “right upper limit” for Australia, he added.

He said the factors contributing to the shrinking market included the fluctuating global economy, the “restricted reach” of Indian education loans, expanding educational opportunities in India, and localised events such as the Christchurch earthquakes.

But he said the primary reason was that a large proportion had never been “genuine” students, and rule changes such as the skilled migration clampdown in Australia and curtailed work rights in the UK had made it harder for them to get what they  really wanted.

Mr Singh predicted that Australia would be the only country to see new Indian enrolments increase this year, thanks to the new streamlined visa processing system.

Enrolments would continue to plummet in the UK while the US would see a continuation of the modest slide of the past few years – a result of the strengthening dollar and a paucity of scholarships in the US.

Canada would experience a “correction” of the recent enrolment growth – which Mr Singh was too reliant on migration – while New Zealand would suffer from the lack of a coherent strategy to attract Indian enrolments, he said.

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This article is sourced from following blogs which carry country wise details and reasons.

https://ravilochansingh.com/2013/05/26/breaking-myth-here-indian-student-numbers-going-overseas-not-increasing-reality-fewer-indian-students-are-now-going-overseas-total-numbers-to-big-five-destinations-has-dropped-to-one-third-in/

https://ravilochansingh.com/2013/05/15/international-educations-india-2012-report-card-and-forecast-for-2013-market-shrinking-and-10000-is-the-new-fee-paying-student-target/