<p>With a few being closed down for fulfilling the necessary criteria, some others have witnessed a drop in the number of inquiries by Indian students.<br /><br />There are over 1,000 private institutions in Australia and majority of them offer courses to international students. These are the most preferred destination for majority of Indian students.<br /><br />Since the quality of education being provided here not up to the mark, the federal government has revise its Education Services for Overseas Students Act.<br />"Three colleges have been closed down recently as they did not fulfil the requirements," Deputy High Commissioner V K Sharma said.<br /><br />Around 363 students, including 200 Indians, of Starling Institute in Sydney and Melbourne International College in Melbourne were no being shifted to other institutes.<br />But Sharma said, banning an institute would not serve the purpose as the owner of the institute may start again with other name. <br /><br />The ESOS Act amendment would make it mandatory for the institutes to get re-accreditated to the regulatory bodies by the end of next year.<br /><br />"This would take care of quality concerns to a large extent," the Deputy High Commissioner said.<br /><br />Besides, Victorian State government has started a rapid audit of the private colleges in the state to find out if they fulfil all the necessary requirements.<br />A number of private colleges in Melbourne have got indications about downfall in students' enrolment this year.<br /><br />"There is a drop in the inquiry of students from India. The drop is about 20 per cent over last year," said Mel Koumides, Director of a private institute Academia International.<br /><br />The institute has about 950 students, including 150 from India and offers courses on hospitality and cookery.<br /><br />Most private colleges offer courses like community service, hairdressing and cookery which do not warrent huge infrastructure and investment.<br /><br />"Those studying in these institutions mainly aims to get a permanent residency rather than seriously concentrating on their studies," the Deputy High Commissioner said.<br /><br />As per the amendment in the ESOS Act, introduced in the Federal Parliament last week, it would be mandatory for the institutes to declare their overseas agents.</p>
<p>With a few being closed down for fulfilling the necessary criteria, some others have witnessed a drop in the number of inquiries by Indian students.<br /><br />There are over 1,000 private institutions in Australia and majority of them offer courses to international students. These are the most preferred destination for majority of Indian students.<br /><br />Since the quality of education being provided here not up to the mark, the federal government has revise its Education Services for Overseas Students Act.<br />"Three colleges have been closed down recently as they did not fulfil the requirements," Deputy High Commissioner V K Sharma said.<br /><br />Around 363 students, including 200 Indians, of Starling Institute in Sydney and Melbourne International College in Melbourne were no being shifted to other institutes.<br />But Sharma said, banning an institute would not serve the purpose as the owner of the institute may start again with other name. <br /><br />The ESOS Act amendment would make it mandatory for the institutes to get re-accreditated to the regulatory bodies by the end of next year.<br /><br />"This would take care of quality concerns to a large extent," the Deputy High Commissioner said.<br /><br />Besides, Victorian State government has started a rapid audit of the private colleges in the state to find out if they fulfil all the necessary requirements.<br />A number of private colleges in Melbourne have got indications about downfall in students' enrolment this year.<br /><br />"There is a drop in the inquiry of students from India. The drop is about 20 per cent over last year," said Mel Koumides, Director of a private institute Academia International.<br /><br />The institute has about 950 students, including 150 from India and offers courses on hospitality and cookery.<br /><br />Most private colleges offer courses like community service, hairdressing and cookery which do not warrent huge infrastructure and investment.<br /><br />"Those studying in these institutions mainly aims to get a permanent residency rather than seriously concentrating on their studies," the Deputy High Commissioner said.<br /><br />As per the amendment in the ESOS Act, introduced in the Federal Parliament last week, it would be mandatory for the institutes to declare their overseas agents.</p>