Indian students in limbo after crackdown on Oz pvt college

It is said that widespread rackets among private training colleges were “out of control” and undermining Australia’s education,immigration and employment systems.

Complex networks linking unscrupulous private colleges,migration agents,education agents and businesses offering work experience were believed to making a serious dent on the country’s education industry,’The Australian’ reported.

The Authority has asked Melbourne International College to shut down its operation which is the biggest such collapse since the failure of Sydney’s Global College last year,the report said.

Meanwhile,Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority director Lynn Glover has assured the placements for displaced students of the college,saying “MIC students would be able to transfer to another provider,” following the business failure of the college and cancellation of education licence.

The shut down of the college is being viewed as a link to the recent crackdown on Australia’s permanent residency-driven private training sector.

All international students are covered by a consumer protection framework administered by the Commonwealth Department of Education,Employment and Workplace Relations.

However,a string of smaller college collapses over recent years has strained the back-up fee refund programme.

Glover said she expected the student relocation process to be completed in the next few weeks.

However,a senior private training source who would not like to be named told ‘The Australian’ that the private college sector was already straining under the weight of having to accommodate students displaced from other collapsed colleges.