Admission woes dog students aspiring for foreign varsities

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 3

More than excitement, the cancellation of Class XII board examination by the Centre has caused worry among students who have been aspiring to seek admission in foreign universities.

 The students were earlier upset as the Indian boards were postponing the examination which hampered their plans for September 2021 intake in foreign universities. Now that it has been formally announced that there will be no board examination this year, the students trying for January 2022 intake option are still uncertain if the universities they want to join would let them in without a proper exam score.

 Rachna Monga, Principal, Sanskriti KMV School, Jalandhar, discussed that while most students were at peace, those desirous of getting admission in the foreign universities were a bit apprehensive, “Many of my Plus II students are coming to me to seek the Letters of Reference from the school side for foreign admission for the past two days. They have been sharing their apprehension that since the UK and the US did not stop regular schools, they might not consider Indian students for admission as there has been no proper examination this time. They are completely clueless about their fate as of now.”

 Even the student immigration company owners are not certain about the final decision that the foreign universities will take. Manbir Singh, who runs an immigration company in Jalandhar, says, “There is no clarity as of now on what rule the Canadian immigration department will frame for Indian students after the board exam cancellation. Various universities and countries may take a final call after the boards announce their modalities to work out result. So, as of now, nothing can be said as some top universities may add  new conditions for admission purpose.”

 Another immigration consultant from Ludhiana, Khilandeep Singh, added, “Since many students may get a score of 75 per cent and above owing to an expected easy evaluation method, there will be a tough competition among Indian students for going abroad. Even this factor may affect the foreign education plans of students.”