Singapore

Singapore leads Southeast Asia’s banking and finance hub as banking, foreign exchange, and insurance have been the key growth areas in this sector. The country is home to several internationally renowned banks such as BNP Paribas, Barclays Capital, Prudential, Credit Suisse, etc. Tourism is also one of Singapore’s largest service sectors promoting medical, business and retail tourism, thus fueling the nation’s economic growth. In terms of logistics, the country adopts best practices while developing supply security guidelines to create an IT platform that is applicable to the industry as a whole. The Singapore port is one of the busiest in the world, offering strong connectivity to the Asia-Pacific region.

International students need to obtain a Pass (Visit Pass) to stay in Singapore and search for jobs for a period of a maximum of 12 months. Once you get a job, you need to apply for the Employment Pass. During studies, several colleges and universities in Singapore offer internships as a part of their curriculum. If you get admitted to a top institute you can gain hands-on experience as the institutes have got excellent tie-ups and links with the industry.

Singapore is one of the developed nations with an HDI of 0.932, which is the 9th highest in the world. It is the 37th largest economy in the world, with a $354 billion GDP. As a world leader in research and innovation, Singapore stands as a premier education hub with its world-class universities offering international students quality education at an affordable cost. Singapore offers students a unique learning experience as they receive a perfect blend of the social, cultural and educational mix. In addition, the country offers the sophistication of modern living making Singapore truly vibrant and cosmopolitan. Quite a number of students these days are opting to study in Singapore. Prospective students have the chance to immerse themselves in a rich cultural life, but also to build a successful career. The local government provides annual funding, which makes it easier for graduates to start their own businesses.

In Singapore, the system includes six years of primary school, followed by four to six years of secondary school, and one to three years of postsecondary school. The curriculum for primary schools is common for all students in years one to four. Singapore is piloting and implementing a system under which students choose streams for specific subjects, rather than their overall course of study, a practice known as subject-based banding.

Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE).[5] It controls the development and administration of state schools receiving taxpayers’ funding, but also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect of private schools. The main language of instruction in Singapore is English, which was officially designated the first language within the local education system in 1987.[10] English is the first language learned by half the children by the time they reach preschool age and becomes the primary medium of instruction by the time they reach primary school. Singapore’s education system has been consistently ranked as one of the highest in the world by the OECD. It is believed that this comes from the style of teaching that is implemented in Singapore. Teachers focus on making sure that each of their students thoroughly move through the syllabus before moving on. By doing this teachers in Singapore teach a much more narrow but deeper type of instruction.[11] Furthermore, it has been described as “world-leading” and in 2010 was among those picked out for commendation by the Conservative former UK Education Secretary Michael Gove. According to PISA, an influential worldwide study on educational systems, Singapore has the highest performance in international education and tops in global rankings.[12][13] In 2020, Singaporean students made up half of the perfect scorers in the International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations worldwide.

An international student pursuing a full time course at a DLI institution with a valid study permit having length of more than 6 months is eligible to work both on campus and off campus.During the studies,student can work 20 hours per week and can work for 40 hours per week during vacations.They can earn anywhere between 11 CAD to 18 CAD per hour and a lot of students cover their living expense and some amount of their tuition fees from their part time work.After completion of their studies,international students need have a valid work permit to work in Canada and have option of 1-3 year of stayback depending on the length of their program in Canada.

Studying and graduating from Canada brings lot of career opportunities for international applicants.Many applicants are interested to apply for permanent residency due to the career growth and good quality of lifein Canada and moreover governmet of Canada also retains foreign applicants who graduated from their institutions.Canada welcome applicants to apply for both temporary study and work visa and permanent residency both.International applicants can apply for permanent residency through below given options:

Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) : Each of Canada’s provinces and territories ,except Quebec and Nunavat,operate its own PNP program with different streams.For example,of you have a job offer in Ontario then you can apply PR through Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.

Canadian Experience Class (CEC) : Any international Student who has studied 2 year full time and have atleast one year of work experience in a full time skilled position may qualify for PR under this category.

Federal Skilled Worker Class : This program takes several factors apart from work ecperience such as age ,Language ability,skills etc for processing.

OL stands for offer letter which is an acceptance for international student who applied for his further studies in Canada.COL stands for Conditional offer letter and which is also a form of acceptance but with some conditions mentioned on the offer letter and student has to complete the conditions before moving forward.LOA stands for Letter of Acceptance which is obtained once the tuition fees is paid to the college.Some Canadian institutions offer LOA at the very fist stage and some offer LOA after the tuition fees is paid and it depends the type of college/university student is applying for.

GIC stands for Gauranteed Investment Certificate which offers a guaranteed investment over a fixed period of time.International students are required to open up GIC account and pay CAD 10200 as their living cost for one year which will be paid to them on monthly basis once they reach Canada.This GIC service can be taken from any one the banks like Scotia Bank/ICICI Bank / SBI Canada /HSBC / Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Canada makes a large investment in its education system. In fact, Canada is one of the world’s top education performers and among the top three countries in spending per capita on public post-secondary education, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Canadian Education is generally divided into primary education, followed by secondary education and post-secondary. Within the provinces under the ministry of education, there are district school boards administering the educational programs.

Qualifications offered to international Students :

• Certificate level for one year
• Diploma Level for two year
• Advanced Diploma for two or Three year
• Bachelor Degree for three or four year
• Graduate Certificate / Postgraduate Diplomas for one or two year
• Doctorate or PHD for four to seven years