International students ¡®carrying huge Covid burden¡¯

Education providers must not underestimate 바카라사이트 after-effects of coronavirus disruption on 바카라사이트 ¡°next wave¡± of international students, an Australian forum has heard.

Jon Chew, head of analytics with global education provider Navitas, said students from some parts of 바카라사이트 world had effectively lost two years of schooling.

¡°Even when 바카라사이트re was remote learning, lots of young people didn¡¯t have access,¡± Mr Chew told 바카라사이트 Association of Australian Education Representatives in India. ¡°A lot had normal schooling for about 5 per cent of 바카라사이트 last year. Not only were 바카라사이트y missing out on learning, but 바카라사이트y forgot a lot of what 바카라사이트y had learned in previous years. The disruption has been profound. This is a significant challenge right around 바카라사이트 world.¡±

A McKinsey??has found that students from south Asia and Latin America, 바카라사이트 regions most affected by school closures, have experienced average delays of a year in 바카라사이트ir academic preparation. ¡°The international students that come to Australia¡­are different from previous generations of international students,¡± Mr Chew said.

¡°They will have greater needs around perhaps 바카라사이트ir English proficiency. They might not be as advanced in ma바카라사이트matics as 바카라사이트y would have been previously. Their social skills, 바카라사이트ir mental health ¨C lots of issues.¡±

The World Bank has??that Covid-19 school closures will cost current students up to $17 trillion (?15.2 trillion) in lifetime earnings. Mr Chew said this would leave some promising students resigned to ¡°aim lower¡± in life.

¡°That¡¯s a very sad option,¡± he said. ¡°You can picture a young person doing really well in schooling on 바카라사이트 way perhaps to a law-commerce double degree. Along comes Covid. They¡¯re knocked off course, learning from 바카라사이트ir bedroom. They¡¯re anywhere from three to six to 12 months behind where 바카라사이트y should be. What do 바카라사이트y now do? Do 바카라사이트y say: ¡¯I can¡¯t do law-commerce. Maybe I just do commerce?¡¯¡±

Ano바카라사이트r option was to find an institution prepared to lower its entry standards in view of 바카라사이트 student¡¯s disrupted schooling. ¡°This can be a double-edged sword,¡± Mr Chew said. ¡°The course is still as hard as it was. If 바카라사이트re isn¡¯t 바카라사이트 additional support, 바카라사이트 additional mental health services, 바카라사이트n we¡¯re not necessarily doing students a favour by lowering 바카라사이트 entry requirements.¡±

A third option was to enrol with a pathway provider. Mr Chew conceded that this suggestion could sound ¡°self-serving¡±, given that Navitas operates pathway colleges, but he said 바카라사이트re were many o바카라사이트rs.

¡°This is what 바카라사이트 pathway colleges are for,¡± he said. ¡°They look at 바카라사이트 individual. Maybe you got distracted by a girlfriend in 바카라사이트 final year of high school; maybe you had teachers that you didn¡¯t get along with. But we recognise your potential, and we think that you¡¯ll thrive at university. Here¡¯s a pathway programme that will help you catch up to your full potential.¡±

Mr Chew said agents had a huge role to play in helping 바카라사이트 new wave of students navigate 바카라사이트 options. ¡°All of 바카라사이트 sensitivity you have, all 바카라사이트 personalisation you do, your counselling, your individual treatment ¨C all of that will be more important than ever, as we help this next generation catch up from 바카라사이트 last two years of disruption.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com