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Indian students left stranded in Australia with closure of tenth school | Hundreds of Indian students studying in Australia
have been left in the lurch, with the sudden collapse of the Global Campus Management Group closing down four colleges in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday. The collapse
has particularly come as a major blow for the Australian Government, which has
been working hard to rebuild the industry's battered image. The Department of
Immigration had placed hundreds of Sydney-based students in the school after their
previous school, Global College, went broke last year, the Sydney Morning Herald
reports. The future looks uncertain for 500 Sydney students enrolled in English
language, design and commercial cookery, most of whom are hoping to secure permanent
residency after completing their courses. "I made the biggest mistake coming to
study in Australia. The quality of education here is shit. We have nothing but
the media to rely on now," Karun Sachdeva, 24, said adding that he did not know
whether he would be refunded the $2500 he had paid for the next semester. On Thursday
afternoon, teachers at the Meridian International Hotel School were called to
a meeting and within minutes were told they had lost their jobs. "They said they
do not have enough funds to pay us and we would have to leave straight away,"
Terrence D'Souza, who taught commercial cookery there, said. Ten private colleges
catering to international students have been closed down this year in Australia.
The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority said the immediate priority
was to ensure students doing VCE exams experienced no disruption. "The VRQA has
sent senior staff to the secondary school today to ensure that all VCE examination
papers are secured and that students are properly briefed on the situation and
where they will be undertaking their examinations," Director Lynn Glover said.
Australian Education Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday said the Government took
the reputation of the 16-billion-dollar industry ''very seriously'' and was reviewing
the laws that governed it. |
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