THE NEW ZEALAND ATTRACTION

Many of us aspire to go and study abroad for various reasons. Whether it's a way to travel or a way to learn about another country's culture ­ we all have our reasons for wanting to study about. We're all aware about the beautiful country next to Australia down south which is known to many Indians as a wonderful hub to study abroad ­ New Zealand.

But, why study in New Zealand? Here we'll give you a few highlights as to why you should study there.

New Zealand provides their students with the British system of education which is considered to be of top quality across the world. The country's graduates have a reputation of being considered as innovative thinkers and a class apart from the world.

New Zealand provides the university students with a progressive education system and state of art facilities. A degree from New Zealand is considered as prestigious across the world. The categories of educational pursuits are varied such as private universities, polytechnics, state administered primary and secondary schools and private training establishments for smaller bit valuable courses. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority ensures that the quality of educational courses offered by institutions run state or private establishments maintain their international standard of high quality services throughout.

Most universities in New Zealand have been catering to a high number of international students as well as faculty for the past 50­60 years. This has led them to have a wide, open and multicultural perspective, which in turn has led them to offers more to international students in terms of a comfortable educational and workplace culture. The same perspective leads them to offer provides better welfare services to International students. The polytechnics in New Zealand are widely known for the programs which are "Read to Enter the Job Markets", "Best of both worlds" qualifications.

One of the best things about pursuing further studies from New Zealand is that the  expenses involved are comparatively lower than the other major destinations such as  Australia, Canada or even UK and USA. The percentage of price comparison is in fact half of what goes into pursuing higher studies in UK or USA.

SHAINA AHLUWALIA