“However, migrants and their children who have acquired higher education degrees in Pakistan and were awarded citizenship by India would be eligible for seeking employment in India after obtaining Security Clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs,” the UGC and AICTE further informed students.

Indian students were asked to carefully choose educational institutions abroad including in Pakistan, China amid the COVID-19 pandemic by University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Jagadesh Kumar.

“We issue notices advising students to be careful when choosing education institutions in foreign countries for higher education”, said Jagadesh Kumar. “Recently we’ve seen our students facing difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. They couldn’t go back to China for studies”, Jagadesh Kumar added as reported by ANI.

According to AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe, Indian students need to be advised to which institutions and countries they should travel for education so that they don’t land up with a degree without parity with Indian regulations.

“In the recent past, we have seen how our students had to face difficulties because they could not go back to the foreign countries to continue their studies,” he said.

The AICTE further told ANI that after completing half of their education while coming to India, when the students would not get the benefit of that degree, the parent’s money goes waste. “So, the purpose is to caution the students,” he said.

*With inputs from agencies