‘We have no option, but to quit India’

Updated On: 08 September, 2022 09:50 AM IST | Ambala | Agencies

Youngsters from rural India join rush to study abroad as prospects dim at home

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An aspirant cited women’s safety and career prospects as reasons to move to Australia. Representation pic

When 19-year-old Sachin failed to score the grades he needed to get into a good college, his father, a small shopkeeper, took a loan and dug deep into the family savings to help him secure a Canadian student visa. The Rs 20 lakh they scraped together covered the fees for English language tuition provided by Western Overseas, one of dozens of visa consultancies in Ambala, Haryana.

‘No future in India’

“My dream is to settle abroad as I see no future in India,” said Sachin. He now plans to fly to Canada where he hopes to complete a two-year diploma in business management and eventually secure a longer work visa. Several foreign universities and their local partners are organising education fairs in small towns to woo students.

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