A recent report A World on The Move: Trends in Global Student Mobility has revealed that India’s 350 million students — the biggest student population in the world — need at least 1.4 million career counsellors to maintain a globally acceptable student-to-school-counsellor ratio.
Compiled by Institute of International Education (IIE) at 2018 Annual International Career and College Counseling (IC3) Conference held in the Capital recently, the report highlights that despite global uncertainty, the demand for international education has consistently been on the rise and will continue to grow.
The conference was attended by 700-plus delegates this year from leading high schools and global universities across India, South East Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. With 100-plus speakers and over 40 sessions, the third edition of the IC3 Conference provided an engaging platform to discuss new ideas and opportunities in global higher education and student counseling.
Talking about IC3, Ganesh Kohli, IC3 Conference Chair, president & chief mentor, KIC UnivAssist and Former High School College Counselor, said: “We were delighted with the level of participation and discourse at the conference this year. This year marks a major milestone with the launch of the IC3 Institute to realise our mission of establishing a dedicated career counselling department in all schools and colleges in India and throughout Asia. Never have students had so much freedom to choose courses, careers, and countries than they do today. These are however also times of extreme uncertainty. Students need guidance and coaching for career development like any other discipline taught in schools. If India has to realise its demographic dividend, it needs to provide one career counsellor for every 250 students it has.”