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Admission to UK universities declining since 2010: Government
There has been a sharp decline in the number of Indian students seeking admission in UK universities due to withdrawal of post-study work visa, tightening of English proficiency requirements, and comparatively costlier higher education in that country
New Delhi: There has been a sharp decline in the number of Indian students seeking admission in UK universities due to withdrawal of post-study work visa, tightening of English proficiency requirements, and comparatively costlier higher education in that country, the government informed the Rajya Sabha.In a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha on whether there has been a steep drop in the number of Indian students seeking admission in the UK universities, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said as per the UK official source the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the number of Indian students decreased from 40,470 in 2009-10 to 16,559 in 2016-17.
In 2017-18, the number of Indian students increased to 19,750, he said. The reasons attributed mainly for the earlier decrease include withdrawal of post-study work visa, tightening of English proficiency requirements, comparatively costlier higher education in the UK, opening up of new opportunities in countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as the opening of new global universities in India which have started attracting Indian students who used to go abroad, the minister said.
Issues relating to Indian students have been consistently raised by India in all bilateral discussions with the UK at various levels, Muraleedharan said. The issue had been taken up by the MEA with the UK Home Office in a meeting held on January 16, 2019, he said.
