The series of attacks on Indians will take a toll on Australia's education revenue with the latest data on applications by overseas
students suggesting negative impact on vocational colleges in the last three months.
The new data released by the government Tuesday suggested a sharp fall in number of overseas candidates seeking admission in various vocational courses down under as the country's reputation as an education hub was damaged due to recent cases of assaults on Indian students.
However, the immigration department received 28,403 student visa applications for higher education between October and December 2009, up 2 percent from last year during the like period, despite a sharp drop in applications from India.
While there was a 15 percent drop in visa applications all over the educations sector, student visa applications for vocational education plummeted to 19,530, a drop of 38 percent, The Age reported.
Education is Australia's fourth most valuable export, worth more than $17 billion last year.
Education Minister Julia Gillard cited the figures in Parliament Tuesday marking a year since the government received the landmark Bradley Review of higher education.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Attacks-on-Indians-take-toll-on-Australias-education-revenue/articleshow/5530103.cms
students suggesting negative impact on vocational colleges in the last three months.
The new data released by the government Tuesday suggested a sharp fall in number of overseas candidates seeking admission in various vocational courses down under as the country's reputation as an education hub was damaged due to recent cases of assaults on Indian students.
However, the immigration department received 28,403 student visa applications for higher education between October and December 2009, up 2 percent from last year during the like period, despite a sharp drop in applications from India.
While there was a 15 percent drop in visa applications all over the educations sector, student visa applications for vocational education plummeted to 19,530, a drop of 38 percent, The Age reported.
Education is Australia's fourth most valuable export, worth more than $17 billion last year.
Education Minister Julia Gillard cited the figures in Parliament Tuesday marking a year since the government received the landmark Bradley Review of higher education.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Attacks-on-Indians-take-toll-on-Australias-education-revenue/articleshow/5530103.cms
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