US remains top choice for Indian students for higher education
NEW DELHI:Despite the coronavirus pandemic, around 2,00,000 Indian students chose the US as their destination to pursue higher education in the 2019-20 academic year. As per the Open Doors Report of the Institute of International Education (IIE), released on Monday, Indian students comprised nearly 20 per cent of the over one million (10 lakh) students […]
London Mayor calls for separate norms for Indian companies, students
LONDON: Pakistani-origin London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for similar preferential norms for Indian companies and students as those offered to China in order to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) from India into the British capital. Indian businesses employ around 50,000 people in London and are the second-biggest foreign investors in London. According to a […]
Indian students engage more in extra classes, co-curricular activities than peers: Cambridge study
NEW DELHI: Indian students engage in more extra classes and co-curricular activities than their peers in other countries, according to a Cambridge study. Almost two-third of Indian students take extra tuition for key subjects after school, 72 per cent participate in co-curricular activities and 74 per cent say they play sports regularly in school. They […]