Today, more and more students are deciding to move to another country for their studies. Do you think this is causing more good than harm for the home countries?

Students moving out of the shores of their native countries for studying purposes had been on the increase in recent times. In my opinion, I think
this
action poses more danger as its cause a decline in the educational sector as well as a huge economic loss to their home country.
Firstly
, educational tourism results in the neglect of the academic institution due to students immigrating for foreign studies,
this
will in turn reduce the total turn out of students in these schools.
This
could discourage funding from government and international donor agencies who are only motivated to support schools with the large student turnout.
For instance
, only universities with at least 10000 students are eligible for UNICEF annual grants.
Furthermore
, academic tourism could
also
result into the brain drain of the best students who most times prefers to stay back in the countries of studies for jobs and better opportunities. Another point to consider that academic tourism results in a drastic reduction in the economy of the departing countries, as millions of dollars are spent annually on tuition fees, accommodation and travel expenses by foreign students.
This
huge amount is significantly sufficient to upgrade and develop tertiary institutions in the home countries of these students.
For example
, the Nigerian Ministry of Education estimated that about 13 million dollars was spent on studying overseas in the
last
quarter of 2019,
this
huge amount if injected into the economy is not only enough to upgrade about 13 major Universities in Nigeria but will
also
create about 6000 direct and indirect employment. In conclusion, in as much as there are merits to studying overseas, I think the demerits
such
as higher institution abandonment and lose of valuable incomes to the home countries overshadows these advantages.

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The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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