As Australian vice-chancellors make the trek to Delhi to woo new students, the size of the educational problem for the Indian government could reshape education both here and there.
The rotation of meetings and hand-shaking and speeches and welcome events is in full swing as Education Minister Jason Clare squires his delegation of vice-chancellors and insiders around schools and universities in Delhi.is introduced to the gathering of students and officials at Sri Venkateswara College, part of the University of Delhi, and receives polite applause. Then Adam Gilchrist, a former cricketer, is introduced. The crowd goes wild. Welcome to India.
For India’s mushrooming middle classes an international education is well and truly on the wish list. And Australian institutions want to get in on the action of educating and training hundreds of millions people who are on the cusp of adulthood. “They have 250 million people between the ages of 18 and 25 and an overcrowded, overly stressed domestic education system,” says Martin. “It is currently not possible for a standalone foreign institution to come in and operate in India. But the government has realised it needs to work with others outside India to open up educational opportunities.”Scott Bowman, vice-chancellor of Charles Darwin University, is in the delegation and had his new office in Delhi opened by Clare on Wednesday evening.
“There were 300 people in the room and not a dry eye,” says Thomson. “It made us all realise why we work in the education sector. A kid from the Delhi slums can go to a world top 50 university in Australia and then go on to change the world. It was truly inspirational.” The shift to Indian visa applications outnumbering those from China is now becoming an established monthly trend, says immigration expert Abul Rizvi. However, Rizvi throws a word of caution on the gleeful bilateral optimism surrounding India.
He had already completed a bachelor of commerce in his home town and a stint as an exchange student to Paris during his studies triggered a desire to see more of the world. The possibility for permanent residency was definitely on his radar when he applied to study in Australia. “I would love to have PR because it would allow me to travel more because an Australian passport [is valuable] and you can get on-the-spot visas. I would love to travel throughout my life,” he says.
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