| A large number of Indian students nowadays prefer | | | | peer-pressure that students are facing throughout |
| getting their education in abroad because of new | | | | their career building these days from family, friends |
| opportunities opening up there. It has become easier | | | | or society. The situation arises the need to visit the |
| for them to bear high fee structure and high cost of | | | | educational consultants to seek information, |
| living due to easy availibility of loans. This increased | | | | suggestions and idea from those counsellors which |
| number of students interested in making global career | | | | are necessary in building a right career path. Overseas |
| have contributed greatly in the demand of education | | | | educational consultants help these students to get |
| consultants by leaps and bounds. Upon realizing the | | | | their dream fulfilled who want to seek education |
| probable importance of Overseas Education | | | | from foreign countries by getting them admitted in a |
| Consultants in India, the Government of India has | | | | renowned university situated across easily. They also |
| founded the organization 'Education Consultants India | | | | assist them in completing the necessary formalities |
| Limited (Ed. CIL)' in the year 1981. The body was | | | | while getting admission in an institute outside. |
| formed with an aim to offer guidance and right | | | | Education consultants in India have set up their |
| direction to prospective Indian students. | | | | branches in every corner of the nation, |
| With the increase in number of courses available and | | | | emcompassing major cities and towns, with their |
| subjects offered in various streams, the requirement | | | | popularity increasing and demand rising among the |
| of education consultants has tremendously felt by | | | | students in India. However, to some extent, with the |
| the students in recent years. The motto of | | | | advancement in the technology and easy accessibility |
| educational consultants is to provide specialized | | | | of Internet facility, there are a lot of information |
| information on the country where the students | | | | available on the net from where the students can |
| would want to study, the university they would want | | | | get immediate information without a need to visit |
| to join and course they would want to opt. | | | | those consultants. |
| Counsellors are there to councel students who are | | | | Many Education consultant agencies have started |
| not able to decide what course should they opt and | | | | offering various services nowadays in addition to |
| how enormous is the scope of a particular course. | | | | providing guidance and information. One of the |
| The unlimited options available in the courses offered | | | | services includes coaching for entrance examinations |
| to the students today has made them extremely | | | | such as GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS and others. They also |
| cautious and choosy about their academics. Also, | | | | conduct personality development programs that helps |
| peer pressure is strongly associated with the level of | | | | students to deal better with group discussions, |
| success in academics and their is a great deal of | | | | campus interviews and personal interviews. |