After Canada, Australia has also given a big blow to Indian students. The government has now made preparations to control the increasing number of students here. Australia said on Tuesday it would limit international student enrolment to 270,000 by 2025 as record migration pushes up property prices.
Education Minister told why this decision was taken
The decision follows moves last year to end COVID-19 concessions for foreign students and workers in Australia, which helped businesses recruit locally while allowing foreign workers to travel across tougher borders. Was not forced.
Plan to reduce foreign students in universities
According to media reports, Education Minister Jason Claire said that today there are about 10% more international students in our universities than before Corona and about 50% more in private vocational and training providers. Therefore, a plan has been made to crack down on this.
Earlier, the government had more than doubled the visa fees of foreign students last month to curb the increase in migrants.
The new rule will reduce the limit
Education Minister Jason Clair said the limit would make sense. In 2025, there will be about 145,000 new students in public universities and about 95,000 new people in professional institutes. The initial number will be about 7,000 less than pre-coronavirus levels and about 53,000 less than last year, according to government data.
Fees increased to reduce the number of foreign students
In a statement, the Education Minister said universities' enrolment would be reduced to 145,000 by 2023. In 2025, 30,000 new foreign students will be able to take admission, while the number of Private Vocational and Training Providers will be limited to only 95,000. It doubled visa fees in July to reduce immigration from 528,000 in 2022-2023 to 260,000 by 2024-25.
Earlier, Canada has also given a shock to the students
Earlier, Canada had also given a big blow to Indian students. The Trudeau government there has made some changes in the visa rules, which have come into effect from June 21. After June 21, 2024, foreign nationals will not be able to apply for a post-graduation work permit. This process has been stopped.
The Canadian government said foreign nationals can no longer apply for a post-graduation work permit at the border. This decision will be implemented with immediate effect, which will have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of Indian students.
Trudeau gave information
While sharing the post on X, Justin Trudeau wrote that the labour market has changed. Canada is going to reduce the number of low-paid temporary foreign workers. Now is the time for Canadian businesses to invest in local workers and youth.
Trudeau further wrote that the country's Immigration Minister Mark Miller has recently said that immigration rules should be made favorable for Canada. Because jobs are continuously decreasing in the country. We are taking necessary steps for this.
Will get work permit for one year
Under the new rules, the permit for low-paid jobs has been reduced from two years to just one year. Apart from this, agriculture, health care and construction areas have been exempted. Foreign employees will now be given only 10 percent stake, reduced from 20 percent.