July 17, 2009

Melbourne International College (MIC) gets shut down leaving Nepali and Indian students in limbo.

300 students have been left strangled after a private college lost it's license. Reports say that education authorities are struggling to place these students back into other colleges in their respective courses. The 300 students which consists of mostly students from Nepal and India are in a shock after finding out that their college will no longer be operating and have found themselves in limbo.
The Melbourne based college had it's license canceled by the state Registration and Qualification Authority after the joint federal and state government's "rapid audit program of high-risk colleges". (source The Australian)
Director Lynn Glover, director of Victorian Registration and Qualification Authority ***ured that the strangled students would be helped in finding another education provider.

The Australian Nepali community should take good notice of such situation and provide as much support to these students as possible. The practice of Nepali students coming to Australia to pursue their studies has greatly increased at peasant. It is a known fact that not a lot of students do a little research about colleges in Australia and they put their trust completely on education consultancies. Getting strangled after arriving in Australia has become popular and an increasing trend.
 
After talking to a few students, they say that "there should be a governing body that should re***te the education consultancies to provide proper guidance to students and find them good education ins***utions. They say that education consultancies show them big dreams and hide from them the true facts about the actual situation of Nepali students in Australia.