Australian give premier writes to Indian students

The spate of attacks on Indian overseas students, largely in Melbourne and Sydney, and the media furore that ensued have been threatening Australia's second largest education export market.
"I was pleasantly surprised to receive the premier's letter. It was good to know that the state government has taken a serious note of security of international students in South Australia," Mr Rengarajan Ramasamy, who has just completed his masters from Flinders University in Adelaide, said.
The premier's letter elaborates the establishment of an Office of the training advocate, which provides individually tailored support and advice on all aspects of living and studying in Adelaide including employment, training, education and independent complaint handling process.

The premier's letter elaborates the establishment of an Office of the Training Advocate, which provides individually tailored support and advice on all aspects of living and studying in Adelaide including employment, training, education and independent complaint handling process.

'The 'Training Advocate' initiative, only one of its kind, is new and sounds like a good one,' says Ramasamy who hails from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. He chose Australia for further studies over Canada, the US and Britain 'mainly because both the cost of education and living are relatively less here'.

South Australia Premier Mike Rann has written to Indian students highlighting not only his government's support but also the extra support networks available to ensure that their experience of living and studying is 'overwhelmingly positive'.