Events


This tour of the heads of premier schools in India was organised by M.M. Advisory Services and ICS to familiarize them with the excellent educational opportunities available for Indian students, for undergraduate and graduate level at the well-renowned Universities/ Colleges there.

The sponsors for this visit were the “Atlantic Canada opportunities Agency” (ACOA) and a select group of post secondary institutions in Atlantic Canada, which comprises of the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.

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The participants who came from the top public schools all over the country were:

  • Mr. Sunimal Chakravarti, Principal La Martiniere Kolkata
  • Mr. Santanu Das, Principal Sarla Birla Academy, Bangalore
  • Mr. Ranjit Dass, Principal Nath Valley School, Aurangabad
  • Bro. Dominic Jacob, Principal Mount St. Mary’s School, New Delhi
  • Mr. Rajan Potty, Vice Principal, The Daly College, Indore
  • Mrs. Komal Sood, Principal, The Sri Ram School, Gurgaon
  • Mrs. Vanita Sehgal, Academic Head, Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram, New Delhi
  • Mrs. Nupur Wali, General Manager and Senior Counsellor, Institute for Career Studies, Lucknow.
  • Mrs. Maria Mathai, Director, M.M. Advisory Services

The Universities and Colleges visited were:

  • Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Website: www.acadiau.ca
  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Website: www.nscad.ca
  • Mt. Saint Vincent University, Halifax. Website: www.msvu.ca
  • St. Mary’s University. Website: www.smu.ca
  • Dalhousie University. Website: www.dal.ca
  • King’s College University. Website: www.ukings.ca
  • Cape Breton University. Website: www.cbu.ca
  • St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Website: www.stfx.ca
  • Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia. Website: www.nsac.ca
  • Memorial University, Newfoundland. Website: www.mun.ca
  • Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. Website: www.mta.ca
  • University de Moncton. Website: www.umoncton.ca
  • University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick. Website: www.unb.ca
  • St. Thomas University, Fredricton. Website: www.stu.ca
  • Nova Scotia International High School. Website: www.nsisp.ca

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Apart from the wide variety of courses offered these campuses have exceptionally well qualified faculty, low student teacher ratio (at times 12:1), large well stocked libraries, students clubs and organisations, comfortable residential accommodation, state –of the –art facilities, first rate services and top-of-the-line technical/lab facilities.

Scholarships for international students are available for students with exceptional results. Obtaining a scholarship is competitive and applications must be directly made to each university. Entrance scholarships usually range between $2000 to    $3000 (Canadian). If a student performs well in the first year he/she may be eligible for other scholarships.

Some courses are supported by “Cooperative Programmes” (Coop). It is an internship or work placement wherein the students get industry exposure during the course of his/her degree― a combination of classroom education with practical employment experience.

Admission requirements are simple― SAT is not required. Only TOEFL (550-600) or IELTS (band 6.5) is the basic eligibility criteria.

The Indian delegation discovered by the end of the tour that education in the Atlantic Canadian Campuses would ignite in the Indian student a passion for learning, creativity, and intellectual curiosity and inspires him/her to discover his/her full potential and to fully engage in an intensive and rewarding intellectual journey.