The Times Of India, 22 Sep 2008
SINGAPORE: It is the cost factor that first attracted them here for education, with the fee structure about one-third of that in the US or UK. But for Indian students, enrolled in educational institutes here, this cosmopolitan city state has become more than a second home.
"After living here for almost three years now, I have realised that it is a very safe place, safer than India. I feel extremely secure here and my parents back home do not have to worry for me," Anvi Shan, a Mumbaikar who is now pursuing a course in Hospitality and Tourism Management in East Asia Institute of Management said.
Cultural compatibility, proximity to the home-state are some of the other factors that are propelling many other students like Avni throng Singapore.
As per the 2007 records, Singapore has 86,000 students from 120 nationalities pursuing various courses here. Seventy-five per cent of the total student-population here is from foreign countries and Indian students are only second to their Chinese counterparts in numbers here.
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