Students of NPS Have Obtained Scholarships for Study Abroad.

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The class 12 student of National Public School (NPS) are finalizing formalities to pursue his undergraduate program in law at Oxford. About 150 Class 12 students from NPS have obtained scholarships of $9 million for various undergrad courses in medicine, humanities and other streams in the USA and UK.

Boston University, University of London and Johns Hopkins University are the preferred destinations for study abroad., according to Inventure Academy where half the Class 12 students are headed abroad.

A brain drain is happening early in India. Education consultants in Bangalore are increasingly seeing 16 and 17 year old walk in to get details on foreign universities earlier sought only by those seeking PG admissions. The reasons are not far to seek. Global exposure and higher cut-offs in Indian colleges are forcing them to look to foreign shores.

KP Gopalakrishna, chairman of NPS, said: "Today students are realizing the value of foreign education (study abroad) rather early. The CBSE syllabus is good enough for them to compete anywhere. It's different from what it was a decade ago. Students want to go for their under-graduate program itself now.''

Flexibility of courses is another attraction. "Universities study abroad allow students to pursue liberal arts in medicine and engineering courses," says Lt Gen (retired) Arjun Ray, CEO of Indus, 90% students are headed to foreign shores, predominantly US varsities. The scene is no different at Indus International School where every year 90% of its students go abroad to pursue UG courses. Of the 90% of students, 80% go to USA. Apart from pursuing UG courses in science and technology, students are going to foreign universities to pursue liberal arts.''

Education in India too does not come cheap, say consultants. Ajeet Kumar, director of Admission Guru, says in India a student has to roughly spend around Rs 90 lakh to pursue medicine but in China, Ukraine or Philippines, it would be only around Rs 60 lakh.

"Why wait till they complete graduation?" asks a parent whose ward has secured admission in University of Pennsylvania. "The fees are no cheaper here. The process is so skewed that one mark makes a difference and the student cannot pursue the course of his choice. If you have the money, earlier the better.''

Dilip Rai, director of Overseas Educational Services, says the top destinations are the US, Canada, and Australia as they offer work permits too. Singapore is another favorite. Germany attracts engineering aspirants as its universities offer free education for international students. According to an IIM-B study abroad, Indian students also prefer English-speaking countries.

Merit Higher Education Consultancy director Santosh Neelangatil says for the past few year there are many queries regarding admissions for graduate programs in Singapore too. Germany which is known as the hub for mechanical engineering is one of the favorites for Bangaloreans. S Jayanth, manager (overseas education) of Global Gateway Consultancy says it is difficult for every one to get into educational institutions of Germany, but many Bangaloreans are applying as the universities in this country, which are public funded offer free education for international students

According to a study abroad conducted by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Indian students prefer pursuing courses in English-speaking countries like Germany, USA, UK, and Australian students.