UK schools look to attract more Indian students
UK boarding schools have opened their arms and gates for younger Indian students to provide them with quality education.
Besides tertiary-level education, a growing number of Indian parents have also shown interest in sending their children to UK schools that provide boarding facilities to enable them in getting higher education. With an eye on the increasing number of enquiries about schools and secondary education, a delegation of independent boarding schools from UK recently paid a visit to India.
School education in UK comes at a premium cost of GBP 20,000 to 50,000 per annum, which translates to roughly about 15.5 lakh rupees to 39 lakhs rupees every year. It was a surprise for the delegation that for almost two-thirds of the parents they met in Mumbai, affordability was not much of a concern if their children can get access to the quality education they offer.
The delegation includes Ms Julie Dowling, Headmistress of Abbots Bromley School; Ms Caitriona Redding, Head of International Admissions at Oundle School, and Mr. Mark Heywood, Headmaster of The Royal Wolverhampton School.
The parents are ready to pay to ‘enable their children create a better future for themselves than leave them an inheritance'. Schools are looking not only for proficiency in English, science and mathematics in children they accept but also talents that may relate to other fields like dance or arts.
The Royal Wolverhampton School has students from as many as 23 nationalities, including six from India - out of which four are from Punjab and two are from rural Rajasthan. Such an experience helps students develop a global perspective and contacts worldwide. UK and Indian education also share a similar curriculum. UK schools also have world-class facilities and advanced technology and have ‘multiculturalism' ingrained in their system.
The members of the delegation are also looking forward to tie-up with premier schools in India for student and teach exchange programmes.
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