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'Australia will protect Indians hit by college closure'
Wednesday October 03, 2012 06:00:45 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Over 500
Indian students whose future has been hit by the closure of three
colleges in Australia will be placed in alternative course or
refunded any unspent tuition fees, the Australian High Commission
here has assured.
Australia's vocational education regulator, the Australian Skills
Quality Authority (ASQA), decided to shut down three non-compliant
vocational education and training colleges -- Ashmark Group Pty
Ltd, G Plus G Global Trading Pty Ltd. Melbourne in Victoria, and
Ivy Group in New South Wales.
"If these education providers do close and do not meet their
obligations to students, international students will be able to
access the Australian government's Tuition Protection Scheme (TPS).
The TPS will seek to place affected students in an alternative
course or refund any unspent pre-paid tuition fees to the
students," Australia's High Commissioner Peter N. Varghese said, a
statement from the high commission said Wednesday.
The ASQA audits concluded that the three colleges were
noncompliant with the standards that providers in Australia are
required to meet in the delivery of training to domestic and
international students.
There are over 400 Indian students enrolled at the Ashmark Group
college, over 100 Indian students enrolled at G Plus G Global and
another 30 Indian students enrolled at the Ivy Group.
The Indian students affected by the foreshadowed closure of the
three colleges in Australia will be covered by a legislated safety
net, the high commission said in a statement.
"The Australian government has in place a comprehensive suite of
protection mechanisms to safeguard the interests of overseas
students under the Education Services for Overseas Students Act
2000 (the ESOS Act)," Varghese has said.
Depending on the outcome of any appeals, the decisions take effect
from Oct 30 and appliy to all courses offered by the three
colleges, the statement said.
"The decision to reject a training organisation's registration is
not one we take lightly but the interests of students and the
integrity of training standards across the VET sector have to be
upheld," said ASQA chief commissioner Chris Robinson.
"The institutions have the right to have ASQA's decision reviewed
which may delay or change the decision," Robinson added.
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