Education fair to be held on February 1

CHENNAI: The Association of Accredited Advisors on Overseas Education (AAAOE) is organising its International Education Fair on Feburary 1. The fair will witness participation from 25 universities from USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and China.Apart from the regular choice of courses in computer sciences, engineering and management, Indian students are increasingly opting for courses like banking and finance, architecture, fashion designing and pilot training in foreign universities, CB Paul Chellakumar, Patron, AAAOE said.The participating universities will have on offer several UG and PG programmes in various fields such as IT, management, biotechnology, engineering, medicine and fine arts, he added.AAAOE, which has many senior members, will assist the students and their parents to choose the country of their study. Ten scholarships worth `one lakh each will be offered for those who gain admission during the fair on a first-come-first basis.Of the nearly two lakh students going abroad for studies, 50 per cent were opting for USA, which has nearly 4,000 unviersities, Chellakumar added.