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India
is favourite destination of Canadian varsities
Sunday December 19, 2010 02:52:59 PM,
Gurmukh Singh,
IANS
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Toronto: India is back
on the radar of Canadian universities and colleges which are
looking to ramp up enrolment of Indian students, says the
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).
According to AUCC president Paul Davidson, who led a huge
educational mission to India last month, India is now becoming the
favourite destination for Canadian universities seeking to woo
foreign students.
"There is greater interest in India among our universities. But
India was also the most sought-after destination by Canadian
students this summer for internship,'' Davidson told IANS in an
interview.
But since there were only 2,800 India students compared to 18,000
Chinese among the 90,000 foreign students who enrolled in Canadian
universities last year, Davidson said his mission was to turn the
focus on India.
"Canadian universities are shifting focus towards India after
China with which their engagement goes 40 years back. Engagement
with India has begun late, but we will soon see a lot more Indian
students studying in Canada,'' said Davidson.
He said the importance of his Indian mission, which included
presidents from Canada's top 15 universities, could be gauged from
the fact that it was the largest ever to visit any country.
"Firstly, we went there as part of our on-going strategic
engagement with India. Secondly, we wanted to build upon the
memorandum of understanding on higher education signed by Prime
Minister (Manmohan) Singh during his visit here in June,'' said
Davidson.
"Our mission was to put Canada on the map in India as people
(students) there don't know much about this country. We discussed
student exchange programmes and some Canadian universities signed
exchange agreements with Indian institutions,'' he said.
Describing their engagement with the Indian private sector as the
third dimension of their mission, Davidson said, "We sat for a
whole with FICCI and it was a very successful meeting. We also
spent some time with undergraduate students coming to Canada.''
As a couple of Canadian universities have already set up campuses
in India, he said more Canadian universities were interested
tie-up with Indian institutions.
Since visa hassles are the most cited problem by Indian students
eager to come to Canada, Davidson said his organization was
working with immigration authorities and the Canadian high
commission in New Delhi to ease this problem.
"We have been working with Immigration Canada for the past
four-five years to address these issues,'' he said.
Foreign students pump more than $6 billion into the Canadian
economy each year.
(Gurmukh Singh can be contacted at gurmukh.s@ians.in)
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