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Category: Foreign Education Institutions Bill

AAERI…

Demonetisation and the likely “short term” impact on the OVERSEAS EDUCATION demand from India.

24 Nov 201625 Nov 2016
I have been seen arguing in favour of steps to curb black money but at the same time have been critical of the way demonetisation was implemented. I have also stated…
AAERI…

US Higher Education Act prohibits payment of commission for onshore student recruitment and this is something that Australia must do if it wants to end poaching of students from Universities to lesser colleges onshore.

8 Aug 20168 Aug 2016
According to the US's 1992 Higher Education Act: [An] institution will not provide any commission, bonus, or other incentive payment based directly or indirectly on success in ensuring enrolments or…
AIU…

Why only/mostly “Hyderabad” students tend to get deported from USA? What’s amiss is the recruitment model that has distanced this region from rest of the country.

10 Jun 201610 Jun 2016
  India is frequently abuzz with media reports on Indian students being deported from various US Universities. The intriguing commonality is that the bulk of such affected students are from…
education…

My wish-list for Indian Education: An OPEN LETTER to the Honourable Minister for HRD, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani.

30 May 20141 Jun 2014
Honourable Minister, I know that your first few days in the job have been taken up in a controversy around your qualification and also the fact that you mis-represented under…
AIU…

UK degree equivalence issue in India; New Bridge course solution & why it is still a half measure… one destined to fail.

2 Dec 20132 Dec 2013
Early last year when I blogged on the issue of validity of the 1 year Masters degrees, I did that to seek an equivalence and rectify the situation. I am…
education…

Sour Grapes, Hot Potatoes, Go Banana, Apples vs Oranges, Rotten Apple, Carrot & Stick, Crushed Cherry, and Biwi Kiwi: My “Education” notes from NZ visit.

21 Jun 201321 Jun 2013
This week was so well spent in New Zealand indeed. My first touchdown in this country was 13 years ago and I clearly remember that the country at that time…
AAERI…

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 last four years!!!

26 May 201326 May 2013
Sorry "analysts and experts": You have been wrong with your projections. Sorry journalists and education writers: You have recycled the misinformation fed by the the various bodies and incorrectly reported…
AAERI…

International Education’s India 2012 Report Card and forecast for 2013: Market shrinking and 10,000 is the new “fee paying student” target.

15 May 201325 Aug 2013
Each year, I share a snapshot for the total numbers that went out to US, UK, Australian, Canada and NZ from India and the trends that can define the year…
attacks…

British PM Cameron attempts “spinning”. India Visit fails Education agenda of PSW, Equivalence and Security!

22 Feb 201322 Feb 2013
English bowlers are beginning to excel as spinners and some believe that Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar is currently the best spinner in the world. It appears that even the UK…
Foreign Education Institutions Bill…

Indian Government’s myopia: cites the outflow loss due to overseas studies without considering the inflow from them later.

9 Mar 20119 Mar 2011
Kids take out Rs 27000cr: Govt - Estimate in HRD note for panel vetting foreign varsity legislation BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY's article in The Telegraph of this day is only half…
education…

INDIA: New law on overseas university agents (in the offing!)

7 Feb 2011
Newslinks today inform: A new law making it mandatory for all education agents to register with the Indian government or face fines or jail terms, has been proposed in the…
AAERI…

2010 report-card and 2011 prediction: Demand from India for International Destinations

25 Nov 201030 Nov 2010
With 2010 Indian Student Data available for all major destinations and with UK too showing a huge decline(40%), is it a depression in the industry or a mere correction causing…
AAERI…

The world of International education… this week.

8 May 20108 May 2010
A lot has happened in our world this week with direct and indirect impact on the Industry that I belong to… Sibal tabled the Education Reforms bills: Irrespective of whether…
education…

Saving India’s Higher Education: Now that FORBES writes like me, you will agree too.

23 Apr 201024 Apr 2010
I have now done several blogs on Sibal’s various reforms and the one on Foreign Education Bill has received maximum hits.  This blog (Sibal's Foreign Education Bill is Mere Rhetoric!!)…
Education Reforms…

Sibal’s FOREIGN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS BILL: Mere “Rhetoric”?

24 Mar 201025 Mar 2010
rhetoric |ˈretərik| noun the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, esp. the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. • language designed to have a persuasive…

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