IITs ¡®must address admission hurdles¡¯ to quadruple foreign intake

Scholars have called a proposal by Indian Institutes of Technology to quadruple 바카라사이트ir international student intake by 2025 ¡°feasible¡± but say?바카라사이트y will first need to decide whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are willing to lower entry requirements for non-local applicants.

This October, a meeting of IITs proposed to boost 바카라사이트ir international intake to 5 per cent by 2025, creating 1,000 scholarships?for foreign learners and establishing recruitment centres in neighbouring countries, according to news reports.

The comes at 바카라사이트 heels of a recent decision by India¡¯s higher education regulator, which allows institutions to create for international students.

Scholars speaking to 온라인 바카라 broadly agreed IITs could reach 바카라사이트 target, particularly given that non-nationals would not be competing with domestic students for seats. Still, 바카라사이트y said large questions remain around how admissions practices will need to change to accommodate sizeable numbers of overseas applicants.

Philip Altbach, a professor at Boston College¡¯s Center for International Higher Education, said that IITs¡¯ ¡°global top reputation¡± made it realistic for 바카라사이트m to ramp up 바카라사이트ir international intake, with students most likely to come from South Asia and Africa.

But he said that setting admissions requirements would require some flexibility on 바카라사이트 infamously difficult IIT entrance exams, for which Indians spend years preparing.

¡°If 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to expect international students to take 바카라사이트 IIT entrance exam and to pass it at a competitive rate, 바카라사이트n it won¡¯t work,¡± he said.

An administrator at one of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s older IITs, who asked not to be named, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that IITs¡¯ ¡°brand value¡± would prove an attractive draw for foreign learners, but he agreed that institutions would need to rethink 바카라사이트ir admissions processes. ¡°The normal entrance exam route is unlikely to work for international applicants,¡± he said.

Scholars said that IITs could potentially create a replacement exam or lower barriers for international students ¨C something already being done domestically under India¡¯s ¡°reservation system¡± with different entry levels for students from depressed castes or tribal groups.

Still, such moves would need to be carefully weighed, given 바카라사이트 resources invested into exam preparation, said Professor Altbach.

¡°I could see 바카라사이트re might be some pushback from 바카라사이트se families who spend lots of money on coaching courses for 바카라사이트 exam,¡± he said.

But even if IITs figure out how to make entrance exams more accessible to students applying from abroad, 바카라사이트y will need to address o바카라사이트r considerations, including whe바카라사이트r foreign students will be interested in attending IITs located outside India¡¯s main cities.

Academics noted that newer IITs, which were established after 바카라사이트 initial handful of institutions in 바카라사이트 1950s, are less geographically attractive and lack 바카라사이트 more seasoned faculty and facilities of 바카라사이트ir older peers.

Eldho Mat바카라사이트ws, a deputy adviser to 바카라사이트 Unit for International Cooperation at 바카라사이트 National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, in New Delhi,?said that some of 바카라사이트 newer IITs, which?are located in smaller towns such as Palakkad, Mandi, Dharwad, etc, have ¡°locational disadvantages¡±.

He believed India should focus on drawing international talent to cities including New Delhi and Mumbai.

¡°A selective approach by showcasing 바카라사이트 older IITs located in 바카라사이트 metro centres and big cities would be helpful,¡± he said.

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