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University students are increasingly studying abroad as part of their studies. Do the advantages of this trend outweighs the disadvantages.

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Globalisation has enabled
students
 to travel to different parts of the world in their pursuit of education. In recent times, there is a surge in the number of University
students
 opting
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countries
 for their higher studies.
Although
 there are
advantages
as well as
 disadvantages
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this
 trend, I personally believe that there are more pros than cons when compared. Most
students
 who travel to different parts of the world for educational
purpose
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purposes
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 are exposed to different cultures and languages.
This
 aids them in future
while
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 they start working as most of
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 colleagues at work hail from diverse roots. A good illustration of
this
 can be seen in the fact that even the parliament has
alot
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a lot
 of members from different cultures and races.
Also
,
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skilled labour is much more appreciated as
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companies in
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foreign
countries
 offer
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 jobs with short working hours when compared to
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 market. Despite numerous
advantages
, there are some concerning aspects of
this
 development. If most
students
 move abroad after completing their graduation, the native
countries
 will lose their highly educated
students
. These
students
 are potential skilled labours in future who may work in their own country and help them prosper.
For example
, more than 200,000 Indian
expats
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 are
eaning
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 well in excess of
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 thousand
grands
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grants
 per annum in
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 States of America
while
 India has about 33% of world poverty. If those Indian
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 were investing their
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 and time in their own country, it would have aided the financial situation of India.
Furthermore
, the prestige of educational institutes is usually derived on the basis of how many
students
 desire to study there. Eventually,
this
 phenomenon of
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preferring
 foreign Universities will deprecate the prestige of
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domestic Universities. A good
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illustration
 of
this
 can be seen in the fact that most South Asian Universities today rank lower than they did five decades ago
while
 most immigrants and international
students
 hail from the same region. No matter the cons of
this
 trend, I strongly believe that the
advantages
 far outweigh the disadvantages. I concede that
this
 may negatively impact the prestige and economy of the
countries
 those
students
 belong to, but at the same time, those potentially skilled
students
 who go on to work abroad in future usually end up transferring a big share of their wealth which plays a significant part in increasing foreign remittances for their native country.
For example
, 11% of the GDP of India comes through foreign remittances.
To conclude
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 popularity of overseas education has
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 fair share of upsides
as well as
the
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downsides. On one
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 it helps in cultural exchanges and finding better career opportunities
while
 at the same, the native
countries
 may lose out on their highly educated
students
 and the reputation of the educational institutes may get compromised. I personally believe that
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 far outweigh the disadvantages because there are three major
advantages
while
 the cons are two-fold.
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