While New Zealand is a popular destination for international students, with over 15,000 Indian students currently studying in the country, the changes aim to make studying in New Zealand more attractive and open new avenues for Indian students in the job market.
New Changes In PSWV Rules
While students pursuing a master's degree after completing a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) will now be eligible for the PSWV under the revised regulations, the change is expected to benefit international students significantly, providing them with enhanced opportunities to work in New Zealand after completing their education.
What Were the Previous Rules?
Earlier, students who completed a 30-week PGDip and then directly enrolled in a master's programme were not eligible for the PSWV.
Recently, India has decided to nearly double scholarships for ASEAN students for Nalanda University, Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs, Jaideep Mazumdar announced on Friday. While addressing a special press briefing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Laos, Mazumdar stated that India has emphasized that secure, resilient, and reliable supply chains are an important aspect of ties with ASEAN nations. He said, "Another important initiative is the ASEAN-India Women's Scientist Conclave, which we have decided to institutionalize and we fund this from the ASEAN India Science and Technology Development Fund. We will also have the number of scholarships from Nalanda University will be nearly doubled for ASEAN students.
And we emphasized also that secure, resilient, and reliable supply chains are an important aspect of our relations with ASEAN countries."And for that, we will also expedite our discussions on the review of the ASEAN-India Free Trade and Goods Agreement by 2025. We will also contribute USD 5 million towards disaster resilience and the National Disaster Management and the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance have a working relationship and an MOU and they will work together on this.
In the field of health, we will institute a new health ministers track and also a cooperative framework for ASEAN countries to tap India's national cancer grid, Vishwam," he further said. Jaideep Mazumdar said that PM Modi invited ASEAN leaders to join the tree plantation campaign of planting a tree for mothers. Earlier in June, PM Modi launched the tree plantation campaign Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam (One Tree for Mother) at Buddha Jayanti Park."Towards climate resilience, the Prime Minister invited ASEAN leaders to join the campaign to plant a tree for Mother 'one tree for mother'," he said.
Speaking about the two initiatives adopted at the leaders level at the ASEAN-India Summit, Mazumdar stated, "The 21st ASEAN-India Summit adopted two declarations, two statements at the leader level. One was a statement on the Act East policy and its contribution to the ASEAN-India relations, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that we have, and another on advancing digital transformation in the region."As you know, Singapore has been our coordinator in ASEAN for the past three years, and the Prime Minister appreciated Singapore's role in this and also welcomed the fact that the Philippines will be our coordinator as we go forward for the next three years," he added.
