Education mobility from India to Finland : challenges and solutions to recruit students from India
Waraich, Harmandeep Singh (2024)
2024
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Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Global education services commission the master’s thesis. The thesis focuses on generating the additional revenue stream for the university through student recruitment from India. The research aims to establish a value-addition-based ethical business model. An innovative business model Nursery of OATS will be introduced and discussed, to refine it in the years to come.
The thesis examines the complex landscape of recruiting Indian students to JAMK from Indian senior secondary schools and higher education institutions. The challenges to contest in this endeavour are academic expectations and operational hurdles.
JAMK a pioneer in creation of tailor made Diploma Courses, seeks value addi-tion based ethical business model to generate additional revenue by recruiting from India, but face stumbling blocks such as transparency, financial irregulari-ties on part of Indian study abroad consultants, steering the complexity of Indian education system and redesigning educational programme to meet divergent learning styles.
The method used in the research is interview with the stakeholders, analysis is performed using qualitative data collection method, and findings were finally coded to answer the research questions.
The findings indicate Nursery of OATS business model, a tactical solution by establishing collaborations between JAMK, EduCluster Finland (an education export company promoted by JAMK), and private Indian educational institutions be established. The evolution of personalized educational programs and bolstering up support matrix for Indian students can stimulate a more comprehensive and embracing ecosystem. In the long run, the constructive recruitment of Indian students and the effectual value addition to Indian institutions depends on, an inclusive understanding of both educational systems, collaborations of the educational institutions, and the execution of robust and flexible engagements. The thesis kicks off further research towards a pragmatic, non-theoretical drive to arch over the gap between Finnish and Indian education systems to establish Nursery of OATS.
The thesis examines the complex landscape of recruiting Indian students to JAMK from Indian senior secondary schools and higher education institutions. The challenges to contest in this endeavour are academic expectations and operational hurdles.
JAMK a pioneer in creation of tailor made Diploma Courses, seeks value addi-tion based ethical business model to generate additional revenue by recruiting from India, but face stumbling blocks such as transparency, financial irregulari-ties on part of Indian study abroad consultants, steering the complexity of Indian education system and redesigning educational programme to meet divergent learning styles.
The method used in the research is interview with the stakeholders, analysis is performed using qualitative data collection method, and findings were finally coded to answer the research questions.
The findings indicate Nursery of OATS business model, a tactical solution by establishing collaborations between JAMK, EduCluster Finland (an education export company promoted by JAMK), and private Indian educational institutions be established. The evolution of personalized educational programs and bolstering up support matrix for Indian students can stimulate a more comprehensive and embracing ecosystem. In the long run, the constructive recruitment of Indian students and the effectual value addition to Indian institutions depends on, an inclusive understanding of both educational systems, collaborations of the educational institutions, and the execution of robust and flexible engagements. The thesis kicks off further research towards a pragmatic, non-theoretical drive to arch over the gap between Finnish and Indian education systems to establish Nursery of OATS.