UK universities are being less preferred by the Indian students

UK universities are being less preferred by the Indian students

Due to the withdrawal of post-work visa, tightening of English proficiency requirements and higher cost of studies, Indian students are preferring other countries for studies over UK universities, the government informed Rajya Sabha. In a response to a question which asked if there has been a steep decline in Indian students seeking admissions in the UK universities, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said according to the UK official source - the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the number of Indian students in UK Universities has decreased from 40,470 in 2009-10 to 16,559 in 2016-17. The decline in the number of Indian students in UK universities can be attributed to many factors and some of them are withdrawal of post-study work visa, tightening of English proficiency requirements, comparatively costlier higher education in the UK, opening up of new opportunities in countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as the opening of new global universities in India which are now attracting Indian talent which earlier used to go abroad. Mr Muraleedharan said “Issues relating to Indian students have been consistently raised by India in all bilateral discussions with the UK at various levels”. The issue was raised by the MEA with the UK Home Office in a meeting on January 16, 2019. It was again raised by the foreign secretary on May 10, 2019 with the British counterpart during India-UK Foreign Office Consultations, he said. The same issue was raised again during the meeting between secretary (CPV&OIA), MEA and the second permanent secretary in the UK Home Office on May 14, 2019.

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