Not keen on online classes, Punjab students postpone their admissions to foreign univs

Before the pandemic hit, 20-year-old Harmandeep Kaur from Jalandhar’s Rahimpur village had almost firmed up her plans to fly to UK for September intake to a three-year Business Management course at Coventry College London.

While online classes her only option now, she has deferred her joining to the next student intake in January, 2021.

Talking to The Indian Express, Harmandeep, who scored 75 per cent in her Class 12 exams, said: “I have paid 13,900 Pounds (Rs 13,90,000) for the first year as fee. But if I take online classes I would not be able to pay my second year fee while sitting at home and taking online classes. I had envisaged earning in UK and paying off my fee by working part-time in the permitted hours there.”