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Good response to Education U.K. Exhibition

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30 institutions from the U.K. have set up stalls
Number of students willing to study in the U.K. up

KOCHI: The student community in the city had reasons to cheer as the two-day Education U.K. Exhibition organised by the British Council got off to a start here on Friday.

As many as 30 renowned educational institutions from the United Kingdom, offering a variety of courses, have set up stalls at the exhibition being held at Taj Residency. Nagin Lad of the Leicester-based De Montfort University is the team leader for the Kochi exhibition.

This year, students seemed to be more focused and appeared to have done proper research rather than just drop in at the exhibition, as was the case in previous years, Mr. Lad said.

The exhibition serves as a platform for students, who wish to study in the U.K. to gather first-hand information about various courses and to interact directly with the U.K. delegates, R. Nim Bahadur, Manager, Education U.K. (South India) said.

The council has been organising the exhibition in Kochi since 2002. The response from the student community was very good and in previous years 2,000 to 2,500 students had participated in the exhibition.

This year an increase in participation in excess of 10 per cent was expected, he said. The exhibition showcases various study options, mainly at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Diploma courses are also in offer.

Mr. Bahadur said that despite the proliferation of educational institutions and knowledge-based industries in India, there has not been any dearth in Indian students willing to study in the U.K.

As per the visa figures for September-October this year, there are 27,000 Indian students studying in the U.K. as against 22,000 in 2006. The number is growing at more than 10 per cent a year.

Of this 7,000 students are from the southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. This is an increase of 14 per cent increase over 2006. Over 1,000 students are from Kerala and the State accounts for 16 per cent of the total south Indian student community in the U.K., he said.

The favourite subjects of Indian students studying in the U.K. are Business and Management and MBA.

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