India woos West with education

[spindrifter]

By Anu Anand
BBC News, Bangalore

Long known for its outsourcing, India is now increasingly marketing itself as a destination for affordable education.

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For a flat fee of $100 each month, Veenesh (a British student in London)buys unlimited sessions through Tutorvista.com, one of several Indian companies offering help with school work, exams and projects.

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At Tutorvista's headquarters in Bangalore's Electronic City, employees sit in drab, grey cubicles talking to students around the world about university entrance exams, how many lessons they should sign up for and in what subjects.

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Mr Ganesh (founder of Totorvista) estimates the online tutoring market is potentially worth $12bn. He plans to expand his own operations to South Korea, China, Australia and western Europe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6312771.stm

[Deja Q]

1. After the cost of the relevant plane tickets, it'd be cheaper to learn at home...

Not to mention the cross-cultural and linguistics issues, how come these Christian people in power keep forgetting the Tower of Babel? That didn't work out either...

[BlooInBloo]

3. ROFL!

[spindrifter]

4. It's all online!

Sheesh! I could be making a fortune tutoring kids all over the east coast before I go to my day job.

[Deja Q]

5. Online? Cool! Wouldn't need to drive anywhere either... is this the new economy;

tele-learning, tele-commuting, tele-working, and my favorite, tele-porn? www.976.com... :evilgrin:

[DBoon]

6. well I want tele-pizza

tell me where I can download my pepperoni and mushroom pizza

[BlooInBloo]

2. And medical treatment.