More Indian students are showing a declining interest in Canada as a study destination, numerous Punjab-based study abroad consultancy companies say.
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Dilraj Singh, left, has given up on his dream of coming from India’s northern Punjab state to study in Canada. His friend, Jaskaran Singh, right, moved to Edmonton on a study permit a few years ago. (Submitted by Dilraj Singh)
Dilraj Singh spent most of his high school years in India’s northern Punjab state dreaming of studying abroad in Canada, but he’s now abandoned that plan.
“Students are really suffering in Canada for getting jobs,” Singh said.
Singh, 21, said he’s also heard recent negative comments from friends living in Canada about the high cost of living and weak labour market in a country that accepts more Indians as international students than any other nationality.
“I do not know if that is a myth or a real thing,” he said. “But that’s why I don’t consider Canada as my top option now.”