The government of United Kingdom has stopped functioning of bogus educational institutions that were running courses to pocket money without any concern of academic standards, informed British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India Peter Beckingham on Tuesday. Beckingham is on a visit to the State capital along with an eight-member delegation to explore business opportunities here.
In an interaction with the media, the Deputy High Commissioner informed about the intent of British Universities to collaborate with their India counterparts and provide world class educational services. He also noted that such opportunities exist in the state which is fast emerging as the educational hub in the region.
In the recent visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron to India, vice-chancellors of eight British universities accompanied him to explore possibilities of educational collaboration in the higher education, he said, emphasizing the importance of higher education as a potential area of collaboration in the State.
“The delegation included vice-chancellors of some prominent British universities including the Cambridge University and University of Nottingham. Some important developments in higher education were recorded in the visit,” he remarked.
Addressing the concerns about bogus private institutions in the UK misleading foreign students to make money, he informed that the UK government has acted against many of them. “Such institutions developed over a period of time. And although it is true that they exploit students in some cases, all the students are not unaware of this. In fact such institutions emerged when they found people willing to enter UK, primarily for work and not to study,” he said.
Beckingham also informed that the British delegation is proactively exploring business opportunities and possibilities of mutually beneficial partnership in the fields of healthcare, industry, mining, infrastructure, tourism and others.