Peter Varghese, Australian High Commissioner to India, admitted that in view of the high earning potential of the education business in Australia, there was an indiscriminate proliferation of dubious institutions in the country.
Varghese, who was addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on Monday, enumerated a number of steps taken by Australian government to toughen the standards for the education industry Down Under.
When asked if the Australian government was blinded by the huge forex earning potential of the education business and thereby gave a lot of approvals without much thought, he said, “I think it is implicit when I said that the Australian government is taking steps to tighten the norms for the education industry. There are a lot of things which we feel need to sorted out. The government would be monitoring the performance all education institutes. It is making changes to the skill migration programmes so that only genuine students come to Australia to get good high quality education.” After iron ore and coal, education is the third highest forex earner for Australia and there are close to 1, 00,000 students of Indian origin there.Varghese said the government is taking steps to prevent violence against them. “The police have been given more powers to take action against people who carry weapons. There are stricter punishments for violent crimes that are seen to have emerged out of hate or racism. Australian authorities have arrested 70 people allegedly involved in attacks on Indians. In one particular case of a vicious attack on an Indian, an 18-year prison sentence has been handed to the culprit.”
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Australian-govt-monitoring-education-business-closely-/583176/
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