| Thursday, March 06, 2008
American students plump for India
David T.Hopper, U.S. Consul General in Chennai (second from
left), going around the additional campus of the American
College at Chatrapatti near Madurai on Wednesday.
MADURAI: India is one of the top 10 destinations preferred by
American students for studies, though most of them choose the
United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and France, according to U.S. Consul-General
for South India David T. Hopper.
Declaring open the new buildings of the additional campus of
American College at Chathirapatti, near here,
on Wednesday, he said 2,23,000 American students studied abroad,
and the number had grown by 10 per cent a year in the past decade.
Acknowledging the significant contribution made by the Indians
in the U.S. in numerous fields, Mr. Hopper said that out of
5,83,000 students from 200 countries studying in the U.S., Indians
numbered 83, 833, constituting 14.4 per cent, the largest single
foreign group larger even than the Chinese.
Education of women would help to empower them. One of the best
investments in the world, he argued, would be to send girls
to school. Giving a 13-year-old girl five more years of education
could help to reduce the mortality rate of her children by 40
per cent. Educated women, he pointed out, were three times more
able to shield themselves from HIV infection.
Highlighting the status of women in the U.S., Mr. Hopper said
women graduated from high school at the rate of 87 per cent
compared with 85 per cent for men.
Collector S.S. Jawahar said the administration was keen on making
education available to all.
Bio-resource centre
Presiding, principal T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar said the new
buildings, constructed on 53.39 acre, would house the Master
of Business Administration, Master of Computer Applications
and Master of Social Work departments. There was also a proposal
to start a Bio-resource Management Centre on the new premises.
A. Christopher Asir, Bishop, Madurai and Ramnad Diocese; P.T.
Chellappa, former principal; and V. George Selvakumar, vice-principal,
took part.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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