STUDENTS FROM INDIA
TEN IN NEW ZEALAND Agricultural students from India who are now in New Zealand number 10, and two more are expected shortly. The men, whose average aige is about 24, are taking courses, mainly in dairy science, at the agri•cultural colleges in this country. They have been drawn, mostly from Indian universities ancl have had a few years’ experience as instructors or inspectors in- their own country. The Government of India is' sponsoring this scheme, whereby the men learn the latest methods of agriculture in its many branches, and then return to their own country to act as instructors. These 10 men represent only a small segment of the large-scale plan upon which the Government of India has embarked in am effort to raise the standard of education and living. Young men interested in different aspects of education, ranging from medicine, teaching, engineering, industrial and applied chemistry, to branches of agriculture and mining, are now studying on bursaries in .the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Denmark and Holland. They have undertaken to senrve in their own country on completion of their studies abroad.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1235, 19 June 1947, Page 2
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