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Education States - Tamil Nadu Singapore Education workshop today Our Bureau Coimbatore, June 18 Singapore is emerging as a hot destination for students from India, with the student community here figuring among the top five foreign student groups studying in the island-nation, drawn by its education standards and competitive costs Within India, students from the Southern states seem to find Singapore a particularly attractive destination because of cultural and geographical reasons. Speaking to newsmen in Coimbatore on Wednesday, on the eve of the Singapore Education workshop being organised on Thursday, Ms Dhvani Anumolu, Assistant Manager, Singapore Education Services Centre, Chennai, said the workshop is being held to create awareness about education in Singapore and its range of operations. Coimbatore is a growing market for overseas education and the workshop would be a ‘branding exercise’ as well. The number of students from India in Singapore is increasing steadily, touching a growth of 20 per cent last year.While the number of international students in Singapore was more than 86,000 in 2007, it was expected to grow to 1.50 lakh by 2015. On the cost of education in Singapore, Ms Anumolu said education in Singapore was highly subsidised, particularly in public universities, and it would be about 50 per cent of what the students had to pay for similar courses in the US or UK.
The foreign students who are enrolled to study in public institutions were required to sign a three year bond to work either in Singapore or with a Singapore- registered company anywhere in the world. The annual tuition fee in public institutions would be around S$21,000 per year before taking into account the tuition grant provided by the government. While selection was based largely on academic performance, issues like co-curricular activities and awards won are also considered. Apart from tuition fee, the students may require 750-1000 Singapore dollars a month for their living expenses. Dr C.B. Paul Chellakumar, President, Association of Accredited Advisors on Overseas Education (AAAOE), Chennai, which is jointly organising the workshop, said the Singapore public institutions mostly followed the American pattern for admission and because of their limited number the admission standards are very high. While in the US or UK international students pay substantially more than the local students, this was not so in Singapore. Ms Dhvani said while traditional courses like engineering and management were in high demand, there has been a noticeable increase in niche subjects like tourism and hospitality, arts and designs. More Stories on : Education | Tamil Nadu
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