City to host fairs on edu abroad

The Association of Accredited Advisors on Overseas Education has planned one-day educational fairs in three cities. Students interested in overseas education could get information on the benefits of studying abroad and procedures involved at the fairs and also meet representatives of foreign universities.

Around 30 universities from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and China will participate. Besides choosing computer science, engineering and management courses, Indian students are also opting for courses like banking and finance, engineering, medicine, pharmaceutics, law, architecture, fashion design and pilot training. Patron of the association C B Paul Chellakumar said, Several specialised courses in fine arts, science, management, hospitality, health, dentistry and bioinformatics are gaining popularity.The fairs are being held in Coimbatore on January 31, Chennai on February 1.