New Delhi, Oct 3: Over 500 Indian students whose future has been hit by the closure of three colleges in Australia will be placed in alternative course or refunded any unspent tuition fees, the Australian High Commission here has assured.
Australia's vocational education regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), decided to shut down three non-compliant vocational education and training colleges -- Ashmark Group Pty Ltd, G Plus G Global Trading Pty Ltd. Melbourne in Victoria, and Ivy Group in New South Wales.
"If these education providers do close and do not meet their obligations to students, international students will be able to access the Australian government's Tuition Protection Scheme (TPS). The TPS will seek to place affected students in an alternative course or refund any unspent pre-paid tuition fees to the students," Australia's High Commissioner Peter N. Varghese said, a statement from the high commission said Wednesday.
The ASQA audits concluded that the three colleges were noncompliant with the standards that providers in Australia are required to meet in the delivery of training to domestic and international students.
