More Indian students to go back: Why NZ authorities are shifting goalposts now?
The anxious wait of 30 Indian students who recently failed to “pass” an English language test they were forced to sit when their chosen private tertiary institute – IANZ, was made defunct, have ended in a gloom.
Apparently, the students have been told to go back; effectively cutting short their Kiwi-dream.
Indian Weekender has been told that the students were called to Queen Street branch of the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) on Monday and conveyed “verbally” that they have to leave the country once their current visa expires by the end of this month.
“Technically” this does not amount to be a deportation notice by itself although the result is similarly dreadful for these hapless students. The students are currently in New Zealand on a valid student visa.
In effect students will have to pack their bags and leave the country after spending roughly around $35-40,000 in two years in this country, and in some unconfirmed cases even without a valid degree or evidence of completion of their education in New Zealand.
To make it worse, these students are not even a victim of fraudulent visa documents allegedly submitted by some crooked agents back in India – a case that has drawn significant attention in the wider media and larger political spectrum across the country.
These students were among thousands of others who have legitimately entered New Zealand on a valid student visa in 2014 without having required passing any English language proficiency test.
It was only in September this year after closing of IANZ that about 70 students were told to sit a compulsory English language test to establish their ability to continue level 6 diploma courses in any other institution.
Many students have told Indian Weekender that they were given just 2 weeks of time to prepare and appear the English language test.
The NZQA later confirmed that 30 students have failed to reach a level where they can earn a safe transfer into another institute or through a mandatory 14-week remedial English language course.
It is these students who have been called separately by the INZ at their Queen Street branch and asked to leave the country.
They are being singled out for “not having” desired English language skills to complete their education effectively only after their private tertiary education provider became defunct.
It is an opportune time to ask a question if the New Zealand authorities have set same “goalposts” for everyone to achieve in order to move forward towards the much elusive Kiwi-dream.
The students who have legitimately entered the country taking advantage of apparently relaxed government rules in 2014 are being shown the door on the pretext of “not passing” English language test a requirement not initially required for getting the same visa.
It is a clear case of “shifting goals” by the government authorities.
These students who were previously assuming that they will be getting a reprieve from the NZQA and INZ authorities who were in “close discussions” ever since their results of English language test was declared were in disbelief once told to leave the country.
Since this case is not of any alleged fraud in the visa documents and instead a possible case of several students of questionable caliber entering the country taking advantage of dropping standards by the government, therefore, the responsibility lies squarely with the government.
The government needs to explain clearly why “goal posts” are being shifted now for some when ideally it should take the responsibility of
There is a need to delineate the two cases carefully and ask important questions to those who matters in the government.
NZQA and INZ are two important government bodies with whom international students and migrants, in general, have to engage repeatedly.
Therefore demands on both organizations should be of the highest standards to maintain clarity in the messages they disseminate to the wider migrant community.
To put it in perspective, some students bemoan that they had very recently changed their education provider from the Linguis International Institute to the IANZ.
Apparently, their decision was precipitated by an NZQA ranking system where at that moment of time IANZ was placed in a higher category signifying greater confidence in its quality and standards.
Unfortunately, for such students, changing education providers to ascertain their future in the country was doomed as it turned out to be another way round when an education provider with better ranking in NZQA list eventually became defunct.
The chronology of events put some serious question mark on the standards and functioning of these two government bodies leading to dissent within the wider Indian community.
The anxious wait of 30 Indian students who recently failed to “pass” an English language test they were forced to sit when their chosen private tertiary institute – IANZ, was made defunct, have ended in a gloom.
Apparently, the students have been told to go back; effectively cutting short their...
The anxious wait of 30 Indian students who recently failed to “pass” an English language test they were forced to sit when their chosen private tertiary institute – IANZ, was made defunct, have ended in a gloom.
Apparently, the students have been told to go back; effectively cutting short their Kiwi-dream.
Indian Weekender has been told that the students were called to Queen Street branch of the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) on Monday and conveyed “verbally” that they have to leave the country once their current visa expires by the end of this month.
“Technically” this does not amount to be a deportation notice by itself although the result is similarly dreadful for these hapless students. The students are currently in New Zealand on a valid student visa.
In effect students will have to pack their bags and leave the country after spending roughly around $35-40,000 in two years in this country, and in some unconfirmed cases even without a valid degree or evidence of completion of their education in New Zealand.
To make it worse, these students are not even a victim of fraudulent visa documents allegedly submitted by some crooked agents back in India – a case that has drawn significant attention in the wider media and larger political spectrum across the country.
These students were among thousands of others who have legitimately entered New Zealand on a valid student visa in 2014 without having required passing any English language proficiency test.
It was only in September this year after closing of IANZ that about 70 students were told to sit a compulsory English language test to establish their ability to continue level 6 diploma courses in any other institution.
Many students have told Indian Weekender that they were given just 2 weeks of time to prepare and appear the English language test.
The NZQA later confirmed that 30 students have failed to reach a level where they can earn a safe transfer into another institute or through a mandatory 14-week remedial English language course.
It is these students who have been called separately by the INZ at their Queen Street branch and asked to leave the country.
They are being singled out for “not having” desired English language skills to complete their education effectively only after their private tertiary education provider became defunct.
It is an opportune time to ask a question if the New Zealand authorities have set same “goalposts” for everyone to achieve in order to move forward towards the much elusive Kiwi-dream.
The students who have legitimately entered the country taking advantage of apparently relaxed government rules in 2014 are being shown the door on the pretext of “not passing” English language test a requirement not initially required for getting the same visa.
It is a clear case of “shifting goals” by the government authorities.
These students who were previously assuming that they will be getting a reprieve from the NZQA and INZ authorities who were in “close discussions” ever since their results of English language test was declared were in disbelief once told to leave the country.
Since this case is not of any alleged fraud in the visa documents and instead a possible case of several students of questionable caliber entering the country taking advantage of dropping standards by the government, therefore, the responsibility lies squarely with the government.
The government needs to explain clearly why “goal posts” are being shifted now for some when ideally it should take the responsibility of
There is a need to delineate the two cases carefully and ask important questions to those who matters in the government.
NZQA and INZ are two important government bodies with whom international students and migrants, in general, have to engage repeatedly.
Therefore demands on both organizations should be of the highest standards to maintain clarity in the messages they disseminate to the wider migrant community.
To put it in perspective, some students bemoan that they had very recently changed their education provider from the Linguis International Institute to the IANZ.
Apparently, their decision was precipitated by an NZQA ranking system where at that moment of time IANZ was placed in a higher category signifying greater confidence in its quality and standards.
Unfortunately, for such students, changing education providers to ascertain their future in the country was doomed as it turned out to be another way round when an education provider with better ranking in NZQA list eventually became defunct.
The chronology of events put some serious question mark on the standards and functioning of these two government bodies leading to dissent within the wider Indian community.
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