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What's the Importance of TOEFL / IELTS for Admission Success


A student applying for the admission in an English speaking country needs to prove his or her English proficiency through taking up special test like TOEFL or IELTS. Here, IELTS means International English Language Testing Services while TOEFL means Test for English as a Foreign Language.

What will you choose Toefl or Ielts for admission


IELTS and TOEFL both are designed to test the English language proficiency of the non-native speakers. Students from the countries those are non-native speakers of English language interested in pursuing higher studies in English speaking nations need to take up any of these tests. These tests will evaluate student’s reading, listening, speaking and writing skills to the required extent. The fee for these tests will vary between $150 and $250.

The aim and testing procedure of the both tests are similar, but carried out totally in a different ways. This is causing into little confusion to select which one is better for their successful admission needs. Also, very commonly few aspirants will deliberately ask which one is easier too. Here, speaking part of the test is the major difference between both tests. This speaking part is carried out face to face by the examiner in IELTS while it requires answering 6 questions through microphone with TOEFL. These will be evaluated by the special examiner in the recorded version.

There is another difference between both tests that is scoring sheet. Here, IELTS rate the score between 0 and 9 while TOEFL offer it in numerical format grading. Also, TOEFL is conducted through a NGO education testing service while IELTS is conducted by British Council of the University of Cambridge ESOL examinations and IDP Education Australia in the pure UK English format. So, accent, spell variations and some more will always vary with each tests basing up on the examination conducting body too.
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Apply for TOEFL Scholarship worth Rs. 44 Lakh

Interested in studying a good course abroad? Getting a scholarship can make it much easier for many students.
Study Abroad with TOEFL Scholarship


Educational Testing Service (ETS) has announced 10 scholarships worth US$70,000 (approximately Rs. 4,445,700) for students with excellent academic excellence. Each scholarship worth US$7,000 will support a range of of educational initiatives focused on helping students.

The scholarships will support TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)  test takers willing to pursue undergraduate or graduate study in India or abroad at any of the 9,000 plus institutes across the globe that accept the TOEFL test. Based on the applications, 100 semifinalists will be shortlisted and informed in August.

Following the announcement, all shortlisted candidates need to submit additional information as desired by September 8, 2015. Winners will be announced in the month of October.

All recipients will receive the funds later this year and they can apply for the fund money only for their academic expenses. The amount will be disbursed to the candidate once he/she arrives on the campus.

Eligibility: All applicants must be Indian residents who have started applying for admissions between June 2015 and May 2016 at any university or college listed in .

All applicants should mandatorily demonstrate proficiency in English language and have a valid TOEFL score. Also, every applicant must have a grade-point average of 80 or higher on a 100-point scale, or a 3.0 grade-point average or higher on a 4-point scale.

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Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/higherstudies/toefl-scholarship-worth-rs-44-lakh/article1-1362206.aspx
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One out of four take GRE test in India more than once

The graduate record examination or GRE may not be the easiest examination to sit for but as 2014 showed, its popularity in India is increasing by the year.

“During 2014, the number of repeat tests reached an all-time high. Our research showed that nearly one out of four people in India take the GRE test more than once,” Dawn Piacentino, director of communication and services for the GRE Program at ETS, said in a statement.

1 out of 4 students take Gre test


The standardized test is an admissions requirement for most graduate schools in the US. Created and administered by educational testing service (ETS) in 1949, GRE aims to measure verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing, and critical thinking skills.

With the importance of the examination and its high difficulty level, students very often take the test more than once in an attempt to improve their scores. Score select, an option available with GRE tests, offers students up to five years to send graduate schools their best scores. In 2014, the number of people in India taking the GRE for a second time grew by 14 per cent compared to 2013. A new analysis by ETS revealed that most people who took the test a second time did better. More than 60 per cent students who took the GRE revised general test a second time in India scored higher in verbal reasoning measure, while 66 per cent scored higher on the quantitative reasoning measure.

Source: http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/one-out-four-take-gre-test-india-036
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Nearly 6.8 lakh Indian students heading Abroad for lack of Education: Study

MUMBAI: The dearth of quality higher education and increasing competition for limited seats available in existing institutions is forcing nearly 6.8 lakh Indian students to head abroad for studies, a recent ASSOCHAM study has revealed.


 As a fallout, higher educational institutions including the IITs are losing roughly $6-7 billion (Rs 50,000 crore approx) annually that these Indian students are spending on their higher education abroad. What's more, a miniscule number of them are choosing to return home, says the ASSOCHAM study on 'Skilling India: Empowering Indian Youth through World Class Education'.

More and more Indian students are aspiring to go to newer destinations such as Singapore, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Canada, China and Norway, among others. This year, there has been a rise of 20-25% in the number of students travelling abroad to new destinations for higher education.

As per the study, more than 2.9 lakh Indians went abroad in 2013 and the count shot up to 6.8 lakh this year.

"An important reason for many Indians choosing to study abroad is the lack of good institutions in India and growing competition for limited seats amongst the existing institutes. Very few universities in India provide good quality education and thus the challenge of securing admission in them becomes more daunting each year," said ASSOCHAM Secretary General D S. Rawat in a release.

He cited the example of Delhi University, which has consistently set challenging cut-offs for admission. Most subjects require students to score in excess of 80%, with the cut-offs for popular subjects like economics ranging between 90% to 98%. Similarly, an engineering aspirant has lower than a one in 50 chance of securing admission into the IITs.

While the IITs with an annual enrolment of 10,000-15,000 focus only the brightest of the bright, not a single great worldwide patent has emerged nor have they produced a single Nobel Laureate, said the paper.

"This is despite the government pouring thousands of millions of rupees into their establishment and upkeep,'' the study noted.

While most of the IITians choose to go abroad for research, they do not return home after obtaining their doctoral programmes.

The study suggested setting up of a National Higher Education Commission (NHEC), an independent regulator on the lines of SEBI or CVC ( Central Vigilance Commission). The proposed NHEC must ensure mandatory quality rating of all universities and institutions of higher learning, be they government, state, autonomous or private, it said.

Source: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-06-24/news/63783238_1_iits-new-destinations-assocham
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