Precautionary Warning to India Students’ Community in Australia
Overseas Education is one of the attractive as well as best investments in terms of time and money for any student. It is not only the academic qualification but also the exposure that smoothes the future career of an individual. However, Indian Government’s Ministry of HRD and its nominated body, Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has detailed guidelines on what AIU regards as valid in India for further education or employment purposes.
Indian Students willing to go to Australia and study in Holmes Institute Australia, BEWARE, Bachelors & Masters Degree offered by Holmes Institute are not recognized by Association of Indian Universities (AIU). AIU is the nodal agency for granting academic equivalence to the degrees awarded by the accredited foreign universities / institutions.
Indian students, in order to realize their International education dream, go through a stringent Streamlined Visa Processes to prove their worthiness of having an Australian quality education dream. But what good if that degree does not hold any value in their home country.
A Student studying at Holmes Institute post completion of their Higher Education get the degree, but as per AIU, his degree is not deemed to be equivalent to the Bachelor & Masters Degree in India. This restricts the job Prospects for Indian students and also they cannot go for higher studies as Bachelors or Masters Degree from Holmes Institute is not recognized at par with Indian Universities, leaving their degrees worthless.
It’s not that all degrees of Australia are not recognized in India, in fact on the contrary, all University degrees from Australia are recognized as equivalent degrees by AIU and a student can get the details of recognized universities on the link https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au. Thus, a student willing to study has many good options to complete studies and get a University degree from Australia which is recognized in India. A student before making any decision should verify whether the degree being granted at the end of course is provided Equivalence by AIU or not and then only make a rationale decision. Students can visit AIU website for further details – http://www.aiu.ac.in.
Thus, it is strongly advised that an Indian student should be very careful while applying for admission or migration to Holmes Institute Australia for their Bachelors or Masters Degree, as these degrees are not recognized as equivalent to Bachelors and Masters Degree in India.
The news got sufficient coverage and if you wish to know the details, please follow the given links:
http://newssuperfast.com/2016/05/18/australian-institute-offering-degrees-not-recognized-as-equivalent-degrees-in-india/
http://nrinews24x7.com/australian-institute-offering-degrees-not-recognized-equivalent-degrees-india/
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Education&Careers/2016-05-19/Australian-Institute-Offering-Degrees-Not-Recognized-as-Equivalent-Degrees-in-India/228992
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