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20,000 Indian students landed in Canada but failed to show up at colleges last year.
The Indian Express reports that Indian students formed a significant portion of the nearly 50,000 international students reported as “no-shows” at Canadian colleges and Universities in March and April 2024, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Of these, almost 20,000 were from India, representing 5.4 percent of the total Indian students tracked by the agency.
Overall, non-compliant international students accounted for 6.9 percent of all study permit holders. the figures were collected under the International Student Compliance Regime, which requires educational institutions to report on enrolment twice a year to ensure adherence to study permits.
reports indicated that students from 144 countries were tracked, with non-compliance rates varying widely. For instance, 688 students from the Philippines and 4,279 from China failed to attend their designated schools. In contrast, the non-compliance rate was much higher for Iran (11.6%) and Rwanda (48.1%).
