Covid-19 may affect students’ chances to study abroad this year. Applying for studying abroad this year is not a good option and may opt for next year.
Corona virus is ruling everything, from economy to education. Many students might have planned to study abroad this year but now it’s been on stake due to this global pandemic of Corona virus. There’s a complete lockdown in India and other countries. Due to this various countries have cancelled the classes and visa of the foreign exchange students keeping covid19 situation in mind.
This situation has adversely affected our education system and now students are scared that they’ll ever be able to study abroad or not? Many countries have already restricted entry at their borders, and only nationals and permanent residents are allowed to come to India unless there are important reasons. This situation will affect foreign students in autumn 2020, but everyone should follow developments closely.
Many students have already got admission or are already studying in other countries but are now shifting to online classes and there’s no certainty of the date when this will be over. Over 20,400 foreign nationals have been evacuated in the middle of the Corona virus crisis and thousands of Indian students from abroad have been brought back. Lockdown is essential and this situation might look very worse right now and may affect students’ chances to study abroad this year .
Viewing the situation, the demand for medical course in India will increase in high. It has been observed that the choice of the medical stream has increased among the prosperous students which increases the demand resulting in the fee and cost of management and self-aided seats in the medical stream will go in its peak which will proportionally increase the students willing to study abroad. Experts predict a downfall in demand for countries like China, Ukraine, Philippines and increase in the market of other countries which are less affected by Covid-19 (like Armenia zero mortality will be the first preference for Indian students).
This situation is very serious in every country and there’s a complete shutdown down everything. All the schools and colleges are not into action including our country and this will take a long time to get normal. Applying for studying abroad this year is not a good option because the Indian government will not permit them to travel abroad until this situation subsides. Students should delay their plans but shouldn’t cancel them and may opt for next year. There’s no such announcement made by the government on the suspension of foreign studies though right now it looks like a nightmare.
Gopalan Anish Acharya-Education counsellor
CEO – Medveda Educare Pvt Ltd
