Offshore opportunities in the new normal
The Hindu
Digital learning and blended classrooms have found a place in universities, allowing students the freedom to pursue additional courses parallelly, at their own pace
As pandemic restrictions slowly ease and countries open their borders to international students, Indian students with study abroad aspirations are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. While we may go back to on-campus teaching and learning, the approach to education has changed.
A recent higher education report by RedSeer states that the number of Indian students opting for international higher education is set to grow further to 1.8 million by 2024. In line with this, around 56,000 students received their study visas for the U.,K. between April 2020 and March 2021. This is according to data released by the UK Home Office. Despite the pandemic, this translates to about 13% increase over the previous year. As per data released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), there has been a 30% increase in undergraduate applications and a 4% increase in student applications from India overall, as of June 2021, when compared to the previous year.