Education

Education is a fundamental right of the citizen. Studying abroad is a dream for many! OfCourse studying abroad may tremendously change our life, vision, career growth and so on. Interestingly, have you noticed how many foreign studies students changed their life 360? How many of them faced a nightmare when they landed in a foreign country? How many of them got substantial education as they dreamed of? How many of them paid back their study loans on time?

The answer is super interesting!! more than 50% of students who studied/studied in foreign country experienced/experienced the above questions. More than 90% of students prefer to study abroad. Despite of Covid-19, a boom in foreign study in the coming years. remember! A mere certificate never adds up an extra mileage in your journey. The calculations, all about your dreams, pocket, life etc has been changed once he/she landed somewhere far from the motherland. All of his/her calculations/preparedness done here and blindly trust people who are doing foreign education business.

Being an active -sound citizen, holding all your endeavors intact, landing and living as you expected, need preparedness, knowledge and self-evaluation.

What are those things we need to consider when we plan to study abroad?

As usual;

1. Research desired study stream, Universities, certificate value, the country which belongs to;

2. Admission process, session breaks, evaluation pattern of courses, credit transferability, scholarships
3. Visa process, cost of visa, travel, living cost, University fee structure, additional charges.
4. Research on genuine reviews online, try to communicate with existing students via LinkedIn, FB etc.
5. Job opportunity, placements, country restrictions for foreign students, work- study balance etc

6. Study about University support to foreign students, insurance, and other assistance they provide.

If you satisfy all of these points through research, then you can backpack and confidently move towards your dream. There are so many study abroad agencies working and tracing interesting students. It’s always better, study all of the above points and approach a good study abroad agency to bring you the location which you prefer. This will save your pocket, can evade unforeseen problems at foreign land and help you to sail smoothly to reach your dreams.

Where can we find all the information we need?

1. Concerned University websites is the first step to do primary research

2. Connect with HRD department of your country to gain more knowledge
3. Visit & contact country of university embassy website for authenticity

4. Research online reviews and connect existing or alumni of the university through LinkedIn or FB

What things we must consider as most important?

1. Fee structure – Universities charge a lot on foreign students – thorough research on fee structure, penalty, exam fees, books or any other services fee, scholarships. Always select the best university/college which is popular for a particular subject. Research on professors and reviews about them.
2. Cost of living – you must book and settle a rented living place, while you book a rental place, consider – electricity, conveyance, water, washing, pressing, common space, commutability, or any other charges are extra, and social index of the landlord.
3. Government restrictions -many countries attract foreign students but after study there must be some conditions for working; like knowing the national language or being restricted to continue for a fixed time. Check whether there are any such conditions and is it applicable to renew the visa/convert the visa if you get a job. 

To whom we must contact and take support?

☛ Every University/college has a foreign students’ cell, you must register in that cell and take an identity card.

☛ Register in your embassy department and connect with them over phone or email.

☛ Always connect to social security NGOs/ Pravasi associations for any immediate help. 

What precautions do we take?

• Be aware about the law, rules and regulations of the country where you landed.
• Be stay away from any dubious/unscrupulous activity/relations/friendships
• Keep regular records of your activities/ movements/ receipts
• Connect with your professor/caretaker for advice before doing any new thing. 

What must do for better exposure and long-term professional benefits

1) Imbibing culture and business etiquettes

2) Dining and interaction etiquettes

3) Engage in career booting events/cohorts/boot camps

4) Try to Organize events like cultural, social, business etc.

5) Effective language with nuanced idioms, phrases, globally accepted inoffensive terms

6) Time bound learning, and effective presentation

7) cross cultural – transnational friendships and maintaining relationships.

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We are living in the era of 4^th industrial revolution, which promulgates a wide array of opportunities and options to scale up our life. The specialty of this era is to enhance and enable our capabilities to drive beyond the limit. Technology and its applications are in the prime centre to be successful in personal as well as professional life. Docking our boat into this stream needs a bunch of skill sets and ideas. Expertise in skills are ever important to perform tasks and achieve results. Today, the Internet of Things helps us to learn new skills easily and affordably without which we become meaningless. IN realization of this, all big or medium size MNCs started their own skilling platforms to train and find talents.

Among large scale MNCs, small and medium size start ups, government, and individuals are also in the skill platform to train the masses. Many of them give free training and few of them deliver service with a nominal fee. Let us see who all are those online based skill training platforms where we can get training either free or with a nominal fee.

1. NSDC Skill provider portal

National Skill Development Corporation is a not-for-profit public limited company set up by the Ministry of Finance as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, aims to promote skill development across the country. Under NSDC 36 Sector Skill Councils provides more than 1500 skill courses through its training partners. Skill training is completely free of cost to candidates, upon successful completion students get government certificates too. Those who are unwilling to attend the classes at training centers, they can opt NSDC online training platform eskillindia.

Eskillindia platform allows a candidate to select and enroll the courses and complete it online. Free and nominal fee based training available in this platform to skill the students. Courses are available in almost all languages in India, like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Bengali.

Students can choose a variety of courses upon their interest, though Courses in Apparel, Agriculture, IT, Automotive, beauty, construction, Gem and jewelry, healthcare etc. are the most popular. Visit page click here: https://eskillindia.org/

2. Google digital garage

Gaining in-demand digital skills are indeed important in today’s job market. Google digital garage platform allows you to learn digital marketing, data analytics, and career development areas free of cost.The entry level courses are designed for small businesses, job seekers and students to perform their tasks well and in an organized manner. Those who interested an check for details here: https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage/

3. Udemy

Udemy is an exciting – affordable platform for IT and other non technical related courses. Wide span of Courses available at Rs. 384 -450 INR range. LMS console is quite friendly, candidates can check curriculum, demo content and Quality of courses. Moreover Udemy guarantees 30 days’ money back if a learner wishes to quit. It is widely accepted that Udemy Certificates are validinternationally. Those who are looking for a skill course, definitely opt a Udemy course, which gives an all round idea about the industry as well. Visit site for more information: https://www.udemy.com/

4. Coursera

Coursera is one of the leading brands in the education sector connected with more than 250 universities worldwide. Coursera platform provides a range of learning opportunities from international universities and leading MNCs. Courses are designed to avail job ready perspective and focused to brush up skill sets. Course pack is broken into modules and charged to each module, which looks more affordable. Skill based learning, professional certificate courses, university degrees are available through Coursera. The online platform allows students to learn Data science, business, computer science, personal development, IT, language, health, physical science and engineering, social science, arts and humanities topics. Although Coursera provides free basic courses on these topics, besides this, scholarship is also available for the right candidate. Click here for site visit: https://www.coursera.org/

5. Mindtools

As mentioned in the heading, mindtools is something different than the other ones. Mindtools helps you to know and implement strategies in your personal as well as professional space to achieve desired results. Learning gives clarity about your professional approach and up to date internationally using techniques which can be implemented in your space as well. Monthly membership for this platform is 250 INR and goes on. Rather than classroom size education, this platform gives you an interactive discussion over tea. By focusing on enhancing career as well as day to day business areas, mindtool platform may help to resolve challenges and grow confidence. Interested can click to visit site for better understanding: https://www.mindtools.com/

The Post Covid era has benchmarked two major changes in the education and job industry. Firstly, it has changed the traditional methodology of learning to online based virtual/pre recorded learning. Secondly, a mere degree certificate has no value in the job market without necessary skill sets/certifications. This scenario paved the way for E-learning companies to grow, as well as competition too. As a rational aspirant, one must satisfy themselves on many points before attempting to join any course.

1. Understand the skill sets needed to perform a particular job or work in the industry
2. Research on the skill courses and institutions/companies
3. Examine the company reputation, brochure, carricula, accreditation, certificate value, job
support/placements, course fee, genuine reviews etc.
4. Negotiate the fee, special offers, discounts with the institutions and do not take decisions
until satisfy yourself
5. Ask for LMS site/ dash board access and demo pre recorded content before enrollment.
6. Compare caricula of different institutions on similar courses and confirm the level of
program, like Under graduate or post graduate level.
7. Think twice before making payment

When the market demand is higher for skilled employees, higher the fraud too. Aspirants must be careful while attempting to enrol on Individual/ company offered courses (not connected to any Universities) such as crash courses or short duration courses.

A) Ask for Brochure
B) Do reviews check
C) Confirm their offerings in written form
D) Confirm company has an online communication system and responding well on queries
E) Always pay through payment gateway (which helps you to block your money going to their
account if any fraud/cheating suspected).

If you have met any fraudulent activity, cheating, or money scam etc, file a complaint immediately through National Cyber Crime portal and register your grievances on National Consumer Helpline to resolve the issue.