The recent spurt in attacks on Indian students in Australia may be nothing more than an angry reaction by some unemployed youths in the country.
The recent spurt in attacks on Indian students in Australia may be nothing more than an angry reaction by some unemployed youths in the country. The reason: Indian students have of late become one of the most visible communities living in Australia and majorities of them bagged jobs too.
“You can see Indian students working as drivers, attendants at petrol pumps or even waiters. Unlike Chinese, who form the largest chunk of students from abroad in Australia, Indians are more keen on getting jobs than even completing their studies. It has caused a lot of heartburn among the Australian youth and created a lot of problems for Indians in recent years,” said Gulshan Kumar Pathania, president of Association of Australian Education Representative in India (AAERI).
Pathania was in the city on Wednesday to announce the action plan to safeguard Indians opting to study in Australia. Pathania said in last five years the number of Indian students going to Australia has increased almost three times. In August 2004-05, the number of Indian students in Australia was around only 10,000, but it had increased to 15,396 by 05-06.
The upward graph of Indians’ number in Australia continued in subsequent years. In 2006-07 the number of Indian students in Australia had reached 28,949, which further rose to 39,015 in 2007-08. Out of this, around 10,000 were from Gujarat alone.
As far as the number of enrolments of Indian students in Australia is concerned, 79,658 enrolled themselves to study in Australia in August 08. The number grew up to 1,09,356 by August this year, registering a growth of more than 37%.
Pathania said that around 20% of the international students in Australia were Indians. In
recent years, the flow of students increased mainly because most of the students try to get permanent residence certificate, he added.
“Students are being misguided by the agencies. Most of them don’t go abroad with an intension to pursue serious studies. In last five years, most of the students opted vocational studies, such as courses in cookery and hair styling. In the guise of pursuing higher or even job oriented studies most of the Indian students plan how to get jobs even before they reach their destination abroad. This trend particularly prompted the Australians to react,” Pathania said.
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