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A sure ticket to global success

— PHOTO: CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR

Dhanasekaran, Head (South India), Education UK, British Council, addresses a seminar in Vijayawada on Saturday.

VIJAYAWADA: The immediate benefit that an Indian student studying in the UK will get is that he or she will have an internationally recognised qualification on successful completion of the chosen course.

The UK education is an unquestioned passport to jobs in any country all over the world.

“There are many more benefits one can derive by studying in the UK. It is second to no other education in terms of its quality,” says L. Dhanasekaran, Head, Education UK (South India), British Council, Chennai.

He provided details of educational opportunities in the UK at a public seminar on “Opportunities to study in the UK and IELTS” organised by the British Council at The Gateway Hotel on Saturday. The interactive session focused on study prospects, courses offered, quality standards, application procedures, cost of study, scholarships and visa procedures.

Mr. Dhanasekharan said that the UK education was high on quality, which was evident from the 9 per cent of the world’s research output coming from it and 10 per cent of the world’s citations going to this country. He pointed out that courses from UG to PG and doctoral programmes were being offered at over 100 universities and 600 colleges spread over the UK.

Nim Bahadur, Manager, Education UK, elaborated on scholarships and advised the students to plan for getting scholarships at least a year in advance.

He said that all necessary support would be extended to foreign students in the UK. Indian students were getting attracted to one-year Master’s programmes in the UK, as it was short in duration and cost effective.

The Indian educational system was compatible with that of the UK, as one could straightaway seek admission in a Master’s programme in the UK after doing completing graduation here.

S. Jayakumar, Manager, Examinations Services (South India), allayed the fears among some sections of students that getting through the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) was hard and tough. “This is just a myth.

The fears of most students are psychological in nature.

This can easily be overcome,” he assured. Mr. Jayakumar said though most Indian students were having English medium background, they needed to take the IELTS or some equivalent test to prove their proficiency as English was not their mother tongue.

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