{"id":114303,"date":"2023-05-21T16:41:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=114303"},"modified":"2023-05-21T16:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:42:16","slug":"sham-ghost-colleges-target-indian-students-by-leith-van-onselen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sham-ghost-colleges-target-indian-students-by-leith-van-onselen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sham \u2018ghost colleges\u2019 target Indian students-by Leith van Onselen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sham \u2018ghost colleges\u2019 target Indian students-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Leith van Onselen<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/2023\/05\/sham-ghost-colleges-target-indian-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macrobusiness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 2019, just as Australia\u2019s international student numbers were peaking, we read multiple media reports on how private \u2018ghost colleges\u2019 providing fake diplomas were targeting international students from India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cIndian students are being exploited to the hilt.. out of which a large proportion was from Punjab\u201d<\/em>, Chandigarh-based education agent Avtar Gill\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/language\/punjabi\/en\/podcast-episode\/private-ghost-colleges-in-australia-are-targeting-students-from-india\/yaijh599b\">told SBS<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gill claimed the common thread behind the rampant rorting is the increased privatisation of the sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cTo be honest privatisation does not suit the VET sector. At the very least, the government must ensure the gaps in the system are sealed and that is only possible when they start conducting repeated physical raids on the premises of such private to ensure they are not operating as ghost colleges\u201d<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cOtherwise, scammers like Mr Singh would continue to ruin the future of students\u201d<\/em>, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Former High Court justice, Ian Callinan, also\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/politics\/migrants-gaming-visa-system-must-be-stopped-review-finds\/news-story\/19454619bd041215bc1f061f19df0272\">claimed in 2019<\/a>\u00a0that the surge in bridging visa applications to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was being fuelled by organised criminals using\u00a0<em>\u201cghost colleges\u201d<\/em>\u00a0offering\u00a0<em>\u201cfake vocational training prog\u00adrams\u201d<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This view was confirmed by the regulator of the higher education industry \u2013 the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) \u2013 who\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/politics\/migrants-gaming-visa-system-must-be-stopped-review-finds\/news-story\/19454619bd041215bc1f061f19df0272\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that criminals using\u00a0<em>\u201cghost colleges\u201d<\/em>\u00a0offering\u00a0<em>\u201cfake vocational training prog\u00adrams\u201d<\/em>\u00a0were driving bridging visa applications to the AAT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr Bob Birrell from the Australian Population Research Institute likewise\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/news\/victoria\/universities-accused-of-pay-to-stay-schemes-for-foreign-students-via-cheap-courses\/news-story\/f76742b466d11f9566270fa66eef45a2\">accused<\/a>\u00a0private \u201cghost colleges\u201d of opening \u201cshopfronts\u201d in Melbourne offering cheap business and IT courses that provide the minimum requirements for a skilled visa application, aimed primarily at students from South Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cIt has little to do with the excellence of the education that\u2019s offered here\u201d<\/em>, Birrell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cIt seems to be effectively selling access to jobs and \u00adpermanent residence\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fast forward to 2023 and student visa arrivals have soared to record levels, which is fuelling Australia\u2019s unprecedented net overseas migration:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/2023\/05\/sham-ghost-colleges-target-indian-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/api.macrobusiness.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Capture-186.png\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This surge in international students is being driven by Indians taking advantage of Australia\u2019s expanded work rights and longer period of residency post graduation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2023\/may\/17\/international-education-providers-gaming-the-system-undermine-australias-reputation-inquiry-hears\">parliamentary inquiry<\/a>\u00a0has heard of private vocational education and training (VET) providers collaborating with unregulated international education agents to steal students from prestigious public institutions for large commissions, to sell work visas, and construct \u201cghost colleges\u201d where students do not attend classes but are awarded degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cYear after year, nothing seems to happen. Home affairs isn\u2019t even enforcing the current rules, let alone new rules\u201d<\/em>, Labor MP Julian Hill told the inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cAll the evidence we get is you don\u2019t regulate quality, you regulate the ecosystem around the provider, police paperwork, you have no line of sight to the quality of the graduates which are being produced from these institutes\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cI could see from the inside how unethical the entire operation is\u201d<\/em>, a former teacher who taught English at a private educational institute with campuses across Australia said in comments separate to the inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cThe agents act as the sketchy middle point \u2026 they find students \u2013 friends, friends of friends, and shuffle them to Australian offices who shuffle them to the courses\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cThey\u2019re not concerned about the quality of the course, they just take a massive cut\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The existing regulatory structure is failing, according to Menelaos Koumides, managing director of the Australian Academy of Vocational Education and Trades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cWe see institutes that we think really should not be here \u2026 they\u2019re highly competent in licensing requirements [and they\u2019re] gaming the system\u201d<\/em>, Koumides said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201c[There are] blow-outs in agent\u2019s commissions \u2026 98% of students are going through agents \u2026 these are all consequences of a regulatory system \u2026 that was never fit for purpose.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Koumides claims students were receiving automatic passes with minimal study requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s not fit for purpose when it comes to quality, it never was\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">All of this comes on the back of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/2023\/04\/albo-crashes-international-student-ponzi-scheme\/\">recent comments<\/a>\u00a0from International Education Association of Australia CEO Phil Honeywood, who claimed Australia\u2019s international education system has become a \u201cPonzi scheme\u201d for enticing non-genuine students through migration pathways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Honeywood said sometimes money was being\u00a0<em>\u201chanded in an envelope under the table\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to agents who directed young people into courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cThese agents need to be regulated\u201d<\/em>, he told Guardian Australia.\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s not hard to do but they\u2019ve been getting away with it for two decades\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We have been here time and time again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">More than a decade ago, Australia experienced a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalhighered.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/11\/indian-students-in-australia-how-did-it-come-to-this\/\">massive boom<\/a>\u00a0in Indian students enrolled in dodgy VET courses like hairdressing, many of whom went on to receive permanent residency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Private colleges and agents operated as \u2018middlemen\u2019 for Australia\u2019s immigration system back then, as they do now, clipping the ticket on people wanting to exploit student visas as a backdoor to work rights and permanent residency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Back then, like now, the Indian cohort remains both a prominent consumer and a victim of this flawed system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sham \u2018ghost colleges\u2019 target Indian students-by Leith van Onselen 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