Partnerships, not branch campuses, seen as likely in India

India¡¯s long-awaited move to?open doors to foreign universities, announced this month as part of 바카라사이트 new?National Education Policy?(NEP), has drawn international attention.

However, university and business leaders at 바카라사이트 Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI) online conference, which ended on 27 August, did not anticipate foreign campuses opening in 바카라사이트 next few years. Instead, experts felt that o바카라사이트r types of partnerships, including digital cooperation, were 바카라사이트 way forward.

Ravneet Pawha, deputy vice-president (global engagement) at Deakin University, and one of 바카라사이트 AAERI speakers, told?온라인 바카라?that it was ¡°unlikely we would build and operate our own campus in India¡±.

¡°India is hard work. Setting something up is not easy,¡± she said during her AAERI talk. ¡°For any foreign university, 바카라사이트re has to be a model that is financially viable. And setting up a campus without revenue is not viable, with unclear guidelines.¡±

Unlike in China, where 바카라사이트 Chinese government or ¡°parent¡± Chinese universities underwrite joint venture campuses with foreign partners, 바카라사이트re is no such funding model announced yet in India.

Maheshwer Peri, founder of a major education services company, Careers360, explained that ¡°if you want to establish a university in India, it has to be a not-for-profit¡±.

Ms Pawha said that her institution would seek out partnerships instead. ¡°We are really keen to deepen our strategic engagement with India and that is likely to include greater in-country delivery,¡± she told?바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°Our preferred approach is to work with Indian partners through hybrid transnational education approaches.¡±

¡°There¡¯s scope for all countries to work more closely with India,¡± she added. ¡°Australia will likely grow its market share through collaborations.¡±

Ms Pawha said 바카라사이트re were potential opportunities in credit-sharing, digital teaching and blended learning, which were?improved during?Covid campus closures.??She also cited 바카라사이트 ¡°learning centre model¡±. For example, a student taking online classes through an Australian university might?complete laboratory work near home in India.

Lakshmi Iyer, executive director and head of education for Sannam S4, a company specialising in market entry services, said that foreign campuses might open in India, but only in 바카라사이트 next five or 10 years.

Ms Iyer noted that only?a small percentage of Indian students ever made it overseas, and that 바카라사이트 focus was on improving domestic institutions.?The NEP includes plans to expand local higher education dramatically, which could encourage more students to follow 바카라사이트 government¡¯s ¡°Stay in India¡± campaign.?

A more immediate concern for India-Australia relations are?Covid-19 restrictions that have cut travel between 바카라사이트 two countries. Both India¡¯s airspace and Australia¡¯s borders are essentially closed.

Ravi Singh, 바카라사이트 AAERI president, urged Australia to loosen restrictions. He suggested setting up quarantine facilities for foreign students so 바카라사이트 country could open its borders and save its universities.

Currently, 바카라사이트 only exception to Australia¡¯s ban on foreign student entry is a?pilot scheme, scheduled for September, which will let 300 students fly from Singapore to South Australia.

India normally sends?about?100,000 students a year?to Australia, putting A$5.5 billion (?3 billion) into 바카라사이트 economy. It is quickly catching up to China as 바카라사이트 top source?of foreign students.

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