In the past, when students pursued a university degree, they tended to study in their own country. Nowadays, they have more opportunities to study abroad. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?

Nowadays more and more pupils are choosing to

study

at university outside their home countries. Looking at

this

phenomenon, In

this

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I will be discussing both the pros and cons of

this

shift.

To begin

with, In

this

day and age due to the advancement of transportation and technology many

students

are able to

further

their education overseas. One of the major advantages of

this

is the fact that they are exposed to different cultures , traditions and languages which will widen their horizon.

Moreover

, It will open for

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new doors and give them the opportunity to achieve great things that they are not able to achieve in their home country

such

as going to med school.

For instance

, INDIA is still a developing country. A recent survey that was conducted there showed that there are almost one million Indian

students

studying abroad and 45% of

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study

in NORTH AMERICA and most of them are in the health care sector.

Furthermore

, when studying abroad

students

are far away from their families which will teach them independence and shap their personality to be more responsible individuals and

also

gives them a clear idea about what they will challenge in the real world.

However

, there are many cons that come with studying abroad,

First

and foremost, a lot of

students

that

study

abroad do not come back to their countries after finishing and

this

will negatively affect the country's prosperity. A recent

study

that was done by HARVARD UNIVERSITY showed that 41% of foreign

students

that come to the US are choosing to stay after finishing their studies because of better job opportunities.

Moreover

, most of the

students

that travel abroad to

study

are around the age of 18 or 19 , and because of the freedom of being away from their families they may adopt some disruptive behaviours and may end up wasting a critical time of their lives. In conclusion, we can not deny the many merits that studying abroad has.

such

as exposing to new cultures and becoming self-dependent at a young age .

However

, one of the cardinal

disadvantage

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is the migration of young intelligent minds .