Australia New Education Policy and Reliefs Efforts Regarding International Students

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The Australian government is facing a tough crisis as International studies who study in australia market share has fallen to 11.74% from 18% two years ago according to the IDP Connect recent report.

(Palawa, 2021)

Fall of demand of Australian education

The Australian Government and universities of Australia are planning for the recovery of international students as soon as Australian government starting easing getting visa of Australia for international students and visa issuance policies having had huge impact on the economy and the universities. A new analysis show an alarming fall in the demand of Austrian universities by international students less than being two-third compared to before the pandemic. Australia key competitors being Canada, UK and USA have increased their share during the pandemic period or remained stable.

A new hope

International students who wanted to enroll in Australian universities are willing to go towards other international Universities options providing and alarming situation for the future of International education in Australia. Alan Tudge the Federal Education Minister of Australia says he’s hopeful that international students will return one semester one of year 2022 as the vaccine roll out is underway.

But it is an already alarming situation in Australian universities as there have been 210,000 fewer admission of international students in 2021 compared to normal expectancy as only 360 student came to study in Australia compared to 91,250 students who arrived in January 2020.

International Students in peril 

Australian universities revenue has fallen to AUS $ 1.8 billion compared to year 2019 and another AUS$ 2 billion loss is expected for the year 2021. 17,000 jobs have been lost in the industry of Education as almost 164,000 International students having Australian visa remain stranded being overseas as of January 2021 due to Australia closed borders.

New Student Strategy for recovery of International students

Australian government minster Alan Tudge was appointed to draft 10 year international student strategy and provide 18 month recovery roadmap developed by the coalition of tertiary education and education peak groups. Alan Tudge is in the process of approving an education strategy for the 2021-2030 with focus on improving the education sector from the perils of Covid -19 situation giving prioritizing to students being on the low Covid-19 risk countries list. 

Australian Government relief efforts

Top Australian consultant in Pakistan are working closely with Australian Home affairs as it is in the process simplifying the process of getting visa of Australia for international students and waiving International student visa fees and the Australian government is focusing to provide relief as it launces marketing campaign for reassuring that international students who want to study in Australia are still welcome.

Waiting for the call

International students will to study in Austrian universities are currently waiting for a clear response over as to when Australia will open its boarders for international students. Australian government has announced that it will support international students during lockdown by allowing them to work for longer hours if they are employed in the market as well as allowing for free rebates to some international students.

Despite many good measures by the Australian government , the students are still struggling to pay tuition fees, losing jobs or even quitting their university programmes altogether. As of May 2021, there were only 525,892 international students being 17% less compared to may 2020. According to recent IDP Connect’s survey 88% students of Australia international students travel are willing to quarantine at arrival. Nearly a third of the students want to pay for the cost of quarantining at the government facility while some 44% want to pay only a portion of the fee.

If the Australian government want to improve and restore its international educational image among international students it should clarify its policies regarding admission, vaccines as to when they will be available for students arriving in Australia as Canada and UK have clarified their policies according to IDP Connect CEO Simon Emmett.