India aims to attract more international students
International education institutions and universities should find new ways of building partnerships with Indian counterparts as opportunities grow for India to receive and teach overseas students, the European Association for International Education, or EAIE conference in Glasgow, Scotland, was told last week.
With India developing as a centre for science and technology, its government’s five-year plan (2012-17) includes boosting the number of higher education places by 14 million to reach 40 million by 2020. Nikhil Sinha, founding vice-chancellor of India’s Shiv Nadar University, stressed at a conference session that such expansion and investment would help India become an importer of international students, rather than an exporter – but only if high standards are attained.
Source: University World News
