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India has become the preferred choice for many African students to pursue higher education, besides other international students, who are opting to study in India for diverse reasons.
A group of about 60 students from Angola and other African nations recently performed at Ethopian Cultural Centre on the occasion of Africa Day. The event was organised by Education India Foundation (EIF), which also launched its Globalization of Indian education programme. India has become the preferred choice for many African students to pursue higher education, besides other international students, who are opting to study in India for diverse reasons.
EIF helps Indian institutions in acquiring international standards and benchmarking bringing in international accreditation and best practices to compete at the global level. The group has been established for popularising India as a next educational hub for international students.
In recent years, India has been attracting foreign students, owing to its low cost of education, quality of studies and unique courses. Professional programmes like Petroleum Engineering, Oil and Gas Informatics, Geo-Sciences, Mechanical and Computer Science engineering, B. Arch are some of the popular courses that are pulling the foreign crowd.
“In India, the education is cheap, if you go to US to study there, you have to spend 40-45 lakhs. I feel Indian education is way better than US and is extremely affordable,” Dr S.Y. Kulkarni, Principal M.S. Ramaiah Inst of Technology, Bengaluru had told DD News in an interview.
India’s reputation in education sector has improved significantly in the past decade. In the words of management guru Peter Drucker (in an interview to Fortune magazine), “India is become a power house very fast, the medical school in New Delhi is now perhaps the best in the world. The technical graduates of Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore are as good as any in the world. Also India has 150 million people for whom English is their main language so India is indeed becoming a knowledge center”.
Education India Foundation is a section 25 not-for-profit organisation with its headquarter at New Delhi.
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