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This comes at a time when a global employment squeeze is prompting many graduates to return to India without securing work abroad, leaving them to repay loans that are now costlier than they had budgeted for in rupee terms. The Indian rupee’s (INR) slide past 90 per US dollar will hit students at various stages of their study-abroad journey, with their overall costs jumping sharply, said Victor Senapaty, founder of Westbridge Capital-backed education financier Propelld. “The same hundred thousand dollars suddenly becomes much more expensive in rupee terms,” Senapaty said. After breaching the 90-per-dollar mark on Wednesday, the rupee slipped ... Read more

नई दिल्ली: ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने ऐलान किया है कि वह 2025 में अपने यहां आने वाले अंतरराष्ट्रीय छात्रों की संख्या को 2.7 लाख तक सीमित कर देगा, ताकि रिकॉर्ड स्तर पर हो रहे माइग्रेशन से निपटा जा सके. प्रवासियों के बढ़ने के कारण घरों के किराए में भारी वृद्धि हुई है.  ऑस्ट्रेलिया के शिक्षा मंत्री जेसन क्लेयर ने मंगलवार को कहा कि इस सीमा में उच्च शिक्षा पाठ्यक्रमों के साथ-साथ व्यावसायिक शिक्षा और प्रशिक्षण पाठ्यक्रम भी शामिल हैं.  ऑस्ट्रेलिया के इस कदम से उच्च शिक्षा के लिए विदेश जाने की उम्मीद रखने वाले भारतीय छात्रों पर असर पड़ेगा, खास तौर पर ... Read more

With the British pound rising rapidly and racing to touch a one-year-high, UK-bound Indian students this year are likely to face a tough road ahead. One GBP is now valued at ₹110.95, thus inching closer to its one-year high level, reported Reuters. When the year 2024 kicked off, one pound was valued at ₹105 a unit, and in the first six months, it fluctuated between 100 and 105 before hitting ₹108 in July (Source: XE.com). Also Read | Credit card spend overseas to be included in LRS limit? Things you should know In the past month, the British Pound Sterling ... Read more

Over 13 lakh Indian students are pursuing higher studies abroad in 2024, the Ministry of External Affairs informed Parliament on Thursday. In a written response in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh shared the data showing that as on date, 13,35,878 Indian students are pursuing higher studies abroad in 2024. Singh shared country-wise details of Indian students studying abroad, spanning 108 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Singapore, Russia, Israel and Ukraine. The data showed that in 2024, of the 1,33,5878 Indian students, as many as 4,27000 were ... Read more

When attacks on Indian students in America have risen in the recent past and the UK’s economy is still struggling to recover from the mild recession it was reeling under — it is perhaps the time for Indian students to reassess the conventional study destinations of America, UK and Canada. Overall, there are 13.2 lakh Indian students currently studying abroad out of which 4.6 lakh are in the USA and 1.83 lakh students in Canada, World Bank blog data shows. Popular study destinations for Indian students: Germany There are a total of 423 higher education institutions in Germany, including 108 universities, 211 universities ... Read more

For the first time since the test was introduced in 1936, more Indians took the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) than American students in 2022-23, according to a report released on Friday. China followed the two countries on the list. In a report by The Economic Times (ET), Amit Sevak, chief executive of Education Testing Service (ETS) was quoted as saying that this shows the demand for the test is growing among Indians. GRE is a standardised test which tests critical thinking, analytical writing, verbal reasoning skills and quantitative aptitude of students who wish to take admission to colleges US or ... Read more