Fall in the number of Indian students going to Australia

While the Australian Immigration Department is trying to relax the visa application process for foreign students interested in studying abroad, the universities are faced with the decrease in international enrolments in the first half of year, especially from India.

According to the latest data on enrolment figures of international students coming to study in Australian universities, there has been a major dip in the number of students getting enrolled in the country. Australian education institutes have reported a further fall of 8.7 per cent in the number of Australian student visa applications in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year.

A major concern among the universities and vocational training providers in Oz is the dropping number of Indians entering to study in Australia. Also according to Australian education institutes' report, Indian student numbers have decreased by over 30 per cent. This is adversely affecting the education export sector because India has been major contributor to it. Previously, India has been the second largest market for Australian education industry, only after China.

One of the main reasons for this issue is the racial violence against the South Asian community in the Australian subcontinent. Although the government has been assuring safety to international students visa, parents seem not to be willing to take risk.

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Source   http://www.migrationexpert.com/australia/visa/australian_immigration_news/2011/jun/0/451/fall_in_the_number_of_indian_students_going_to_australia