‘Choose France’ education fair held in Delhi; aspirants seek options

An education fair, ‘Choose France Tour 2022’, was organised on Sunday, aiming to draw college students to fulfil France’s objective of enrolling 20,000 Indian college students by 2025.

The fair was to showcase to Indian college students various avenues for pursuing superior research at world-class French universities with an choice of availing liberal scholarships.

“Over ₹11 crore is earmarked for 500 scholarships only for the Indian students”, mentioned Margo Girard, National Coordinator of Campus France in India, on the fair. She additional added that the scholars would take pleasure in different benefits like social safety, subsidised residing and well being advantages, to call just a few. 

Liberal scholarships

French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain addressed the scholars who had been accompanied by mother and father and academics. He advocated that meritorious youngsters from “poorer backgrounds can be hopeful as well”, with options of liberal scholarships, insurance, working whereas learning, and encouragement to work for 2 years in France after commencement, as permitted by their visa. If a pupil is “insightful, bright and hardworking then he’ll make it”, mentioned the Ambassador.

“We didn’t know that France had programmes in English language”, mentioned Himanshi, a highschool pupil, who believed that this occasion tackled plenty of misconceptions about learning in France. “Language is not a problem,” the Ambassador mentioned, including that there are round 1,700 curriculums provided in English.

The occasion was organised by the Institut Français en Inde, the tutorial, cultural, and scientific wing of the Embassy of France in India, in collaboration with Campus France. The French authorities company counsels worldwide college students in search of to pursue larger research in the nation.