KOLKATA: India is among the top four education source markets for New Zealand’s international education sector and is valued at over $60m a year. From a mere 164 students in 1998, the number of Indian students in New Zealand touched 1,300 in ’05, while this year, the New Zealand government is hoping to attract at least 20-30% more.
“The funds used for promoting education internationally will now be used in four markets instead of the dozen we used to concentrate on earlier. China, Vietnam and India figure on that list,” said Paul Vaughan, New Zealand’s trade commissioner to India.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the New Zealand Education Fair ’06 in Kolkata, which is being attended by representatives from more than 20 educational institutes across New Zealand. Students from India mainly tend to go in for post-graduates studies in New Zealand, though there are a sizeable number of undergraduates as well. Many seek long-term employment options, said Mr Vaughan.
“The New Zealand government is very keen on attracting more PhD students for research in universities. It has decided to subsidise all international research PhDs, while the spouse accompanying the student is allowed to work full-time. This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of PhDs,” he said.
According to Mr Vaughan, while Indian students have traditionally gone for primarily for business, IT and engineering studies, they are now opting for a variety of other subjects including catering, hotel management, film studies and biotechnology. Education, in fact, is one of the main areas of activity for the New Zealand government in India, along with forestry and IT.
Source : ET
“The funds used for promoting education internationally will now be used in four markets instead of the dozen we used to concentrate on earlier. China, Vietnam and India figure on that list,” said Paul Vaughan, New Zealand’s trade commissioner to India.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the New Zealand Education Fair ’06 in Kolkata, which is being attended by representatives from more than 20 educational institutes across New Zealand. Students from India mainly tend to go in for post-graduates studies in New Zealand, though there are a sizeable number of undergraduates as well. Many seek long-term employment options, said Mr Vaughan.
“The New Zealand government is very keen on attracting more PhD students for research in universities. It has decided to subsidise all international research PhDs, while the spouse accompanying the student is allowed to work full-time. This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of PhDs,” he said.
According to Mr Vaughan, while Indian students have traditionally gone for primarily for business, IT and engineering studies, they are now opting for a variety of other subjects including catering, hotel management, film studies and biotechnology. Education, in fact, is one of the main areas of activity for the New Zealand government in India, along with forestry and IT.
Source : ET