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OVERSEAS EDUCATION




               PLAN YOUR STUDIES



               IN AUSTRALIA












                 By Kavita Rai





















                 am glad to receive an email from    There are 37 government-funded universities
               I Ankit, wishing me on Teacher’s day.  located in Australia and 2 private universities.

                                                         You will also find a number of another
               In Dec’18 Ankit registered with for
               a Career Mentoring Session, aft er    specialist higher education institutions. There
               the Psychometric Assessment, we          are 25 Australian institutions in the 2019
               scheduled a Saturday aft ernoon
               for one to one discussion, Ankit is    QS World University Rankings top 500, 7 of
               bright student with an investigative              which are in the top 100.
               personality with eye for perfection
               and high quality. Pursuing his fi nal
               semester of BBA and was tangled
               about his next career step. With   that needed clarifications, so I   sending him to a new country.

               high aspiration, he was hesitant   suggested him to visit my friend who
               about himself in getting into highly   works for a company that has a direct   We spoke about how the world is
               competitive world to get into a reputed   license with multiple Australian   now a global village and Australia
               college. He had an innate desire to   Universities.                most culturally diverse nations in the
               pursue his Masters in overseas, but                                world. Even if he moves to any part

               was not sure if he can make it.  After a fortnight, Ankit called me   of India, he needs to start making
                                                sounded contended, focussed, as he   own association and identity. He was
               During the session I suggested him   took the decision to pursue MPA –   quick to understand and embrace the
               few countries but Australia seemed   Masters in Professional Accounting,   idea of being global citizen.  Th en we
               to be his obvious choice for multiple   one of the most popular course in   spoke about using the time to prepare
               reasons. Being a detailed oriented   Australia. Being a single child his   himself with life Skills needed to
               person, he had number of questions   family was hesitant to his decision of   sustain in overseas.

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