Students keen on studying abroad a worried lot

Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 3

The cancellation of Class XII board examination by the Centre hasn’t gone down well with students aspiring to seek admission in foreign universities.

These students were earlier upset with the postponement of examinations, which hampered their target for the September 2021 session in foreign universities. Now that it has been formally announced that there will be no board examinations this year, the students aiming for the January 2022 session are unsure if the universities will admit them without a proper exam score.

Little clarity yet

Students eyeing the January 2022 session are unsure if foreign universities will admit them without their proper exams

Rachna Monga, Principal, Sanskriti KMV School, Jalandhar, says students keen on studying abroad are apprehensive. “Many of my Class XII students are coming to me for ‘letters of reference’ for admission in foreign universities. Since the UK and the US had regular schools, students here fear that these countries may not consider them this time as there hasn’t been a proper examination. The students are completely clueless as of now.”

Even companies handling student immigration have little to offer on the subject. Manbir Singh, who runs one such company in Jalandhar, says, “There is no clarity on what rules the Canadian immigration department will frame for Indian students after the board exam cancellation. The universities may take a final call after the boards announce the modalities to work out the result. Some top universities can add new conditions for admission.”

Another immigration consultant from Ludhiana, Khilandeep Singh, says, “Since many students may get 75 per cent and above owing to the easy evaluation expected after the exam cancellation, there will be tough competition among those going abroad. This factor too may affect students’ plans.”