Please help me decide. I am a B Commerce graduate and would like to undertake an international professional accounting course that will have the widest acceptability including India.
I have worked there and my younger brother is a student in one of the uni. I will summarise the article here, short and sweet:
1. Be honest with yourself, what are your expectations. Do you want to go there to earn under the shadow of student visa, or study properly and then look for work. If you are looking this as quick money scheme, forget it mate, you will suffer. Life will be hell, and you will be exploited by the other expat community here.
2. If yo can't google and find out the procedures yourself, you are NOT FIT for international education. Since you are not fit yourself, the agents cheat you.
3. Talk (Email / Forums / Groups) to students already studying in the university you are applying to. They will tell you the exact senario, your monthly expenditure, job scene etc. correct to the last penny
4. Remember, UK Consulate is not your enemy. It is NOT DIFFICULT to get a Visa if you FIT in the norms. I have always applied for my own VISA and got it, except the Work Permit.
5. Plan your finances. Your agent might tell you different schemes to cheat the VISA process and get you the Visa. But remember, you have to spend there in real and don't go if you do not have the resources. Save for another 2-3 years and then try.
Education abroad is about spreading your wings and searching new horizons. Enjoy the experience by planning it properly, dont treat is as a quick rich scheme.
Re: CIMA
by sid on Jan 10, 2010 02:24 AM
I have written a new article on CIMA specially today and sent to rediff. I hope once it comes you get the right info.
Re: CIMA
by Bidyut Bhattacharjee on Jan 08, 2010 03:52 PM
Nikit, as I know CIMA gives good professional base to get good job in UK. I know about someone who did very good result in CIMA and immediately recruited by one Company of UK. B Bhattacharjee
Re: CIMA
by sid on Jan 08, 2010 09:43 PM
Nikit I am CIMA Qualified and take it from me that it is fantastic qualification. I recommend CIMA 100% . Make sure you study from BPP or Kaplan Colleges as they are the best. They are expensive but the best. You will many opportunities to work internationally once you have completed CIMA.
Article is good. But one point, why to go to UK for studies ? It is of no use to our country . It is a pit that students after scoring well in India like UK and USA . Govt should take action to stop thi sbrain drain . We should be proud of our country and not to the one who tortured and drained India for longyears
Re: study in UK ?
by Hari N on Jan 08, 2010 09:11 AM
Mr Lakshmy Narayanan,
Whether the real intentions of the British were good or otherwise is another matter. But the fact remains that it is only due to them that education in India, as we know it exists. They left behind several world-class institutions as our legacy, intentionally or otherwise. Our people can only show their ingenuity in giving Indian names to the buildings and institutions left behind by the British, nothing else!
Re: study in UK ?
by Solnishka on Jan 08, 2010 08:55 AM
See ....... we should be proud of our country and there's no doub about it. BUt we should know what it takes to facilitate India's entry into the ivyleague and for this you need exposure and education based on research and you will agree with me when I say that the edu system in India is still a remnant of the Outdated British (colonial) system of eduction which was in vogue only keep us as slaves
Re: Re: study in UK ?
by Hari N on Jan 08, 2010 09:05 AM
Hello Solnishka,
I agree only in part with what you have written. Kindly remember that it is the "outdated" and "colonial" system of education of the British that produced a CV Raman, an Aurobindo, a Dr Radhakrishnan and many others! Can you compare the stature of the products of present-day education system with the persons I have mentioned? Blame yourself, not the system! And mind you, the British did not have a separate education system in India for their own countrymen. Rudyard Kipling, the famous writer, studied in India under your so-called colonial system that, in your opinion, was intended to enslave Indians!
Re: study in UK ?
by Hari N on Jan 08, 2010 08:59 AM
Why would students go to the UK, or any foreign country for that matter, for higher studies if our own country provided the same quality of education? Leave alone providing quality education, does merit receive the recognition due to it in the process of admission to institutions of higher educaton in our country? No way! So, first ask our Government to do away with the policy of Reservation,then let's talk of preventing brain drain!
Re: study in UK ?
by Hari N on Jan 08, 2010 08:55 AM
Mr Lakshmy Narayan,
Why would students go to the UK, or any foreign country for that matter, for higher studies if our own country provided the same quality of education? Leave alone providing quality education, does merit receive the recognition due to it in the process of admission to educations of higher institutions in our country? No way! So, first ask our Government to do away with the policy of Reservation,then let's of preventing brain drain!
Re: Re: study in UK ?
by sid on Jan 08, 2010 12:47 PM
Dear Friends,
I complete agree that we in India have a really good education system but since I have got education from India , UK and US I understand the differences very well. India's competition in education prepares you to survive and makes you by theory very wise compared to the US education (Top B schools) which develop you more that is very practical , entrepreneurial and risk taker. UK has a very high standard & quality of education if you look at good universities and professional qualifications. They make the education very practical. Everything you learn is applicable immediately which makes learning fun. India is not far behind but adapting to make its education system much better. I respect each readers views and hope that we can communicate further in my new articles that I will be writing.
