From past two months, every country has felt the adverse effect of COVID-19. And we know the fact that alot of study abroad aspirants dreams to get educated in the most reputed study abroad destinations. Even lot the of the aspirants have fulfilled their dream by motivating themselves and a very strong and adamant urge to get it. The aspirants who were on the verge to pursue their study abroad dream has shattered in the name of hurdle of Corona virus pandemic around the whole world. As there are a lot of infected cases as well as deaths around the world due to the outbreak due to which abroad education aspiring students have/need to stop their process of immigration to the renowned countries to study their education in the respective universities.
Impact of COVID-19 on Study abroad
The corona virus outbreak not only effected the people around the world but also the careers of international education aspiring students. Following are the major points, how the COVID-19 impact on the aspirants who are about to fulfill their study abroad education goal.
Immigration restriction at best study abroad destinations:
As many as 209(as of April 2020) countries have already taking measures to restricted immigration at borders. These will effect the students who are aiming to study overseas education in the upcoming intakes as well as the students who have already got the admits from the renowned universities from respective countries like US, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia and etc., Students need to be up to date with the ongoing NEWS around the world and need to plan accordingly.
No in-class exams, lectures in the abroad universities:
As there is alot going on in every nation due to COVID-19, all the abroad universities have abandoned their in-class/on-campus lectures to restrict the spread of the infectious corona virus. All the exams as well as lectures are held through online portals. Semester finals and the research, practical exams may have been postponed or setup in a discrete formats in order to aid the students but leads to delay of the graduation completion.
Admission Eligibility
The regulations and actions pursued due to the COVID-19 outbreak has made a negative impact on abroad education as there will be delay in the completion of high school degrees and masters graduation. So, the eligibility criteria would not be change and will be same as the earlier intake.
Applications deadlines and procedures:
This international emergency is not only affecting teaching, but also administration and the eligibility of applicants, it is possible that universities will make changes in their admissions processes, and extend their application deadlines. Please check the website of your chosen university regularly for new updates.
