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This is more of migration crisis and international students is a loophole. The trade-off is to gain residence and colleges are making money out of it, so are the middle men. Sad story ?. Trust me India ?? has far better education.

Shame of this shady colleges but really one would think that if you going to study abroad and spend a lot of money on it you would do some research on the school you want to go and program you want to study

Private Colleges should not be given authority to have programs for International Students. Give it to the city Colleges that has good reputations and known.

It's a business, college & education, it's written on the wall. But no one wants to read. It's a status symbol aspiration. Western education system is making hay and keeping the sunshine alive. India is prosperous, we need to trust in the Indian system more than deceptive promises of life abroad. Flashy education degrees have little prospects, but deception succeeds. Hopefully the external affairs ministry takes cognizance of this as it's a drain on forex reserves as well.

From residential schools to exploiting international students creating these multibillion colleges who lure students to Canada and exploiting them financially and mentally. Canada is just using people as Cash cows to build their economy strong just in the Name of eduction . This needs to STOP! .Period!

To be fair, why not the prospect student with a parent come to Canada for 2-4 weeks, check out the campus, ask around (current enrolled students). Second, stay and study in India, become a dr or a pharmacist (3yrs in India, Philippines etc vs 8 yrs in the US), any medical field and transfer over, being done since the 1950’s -ongoing in 2022, any dummy can pass the ECFMG, then start a residency.\n\nDubai has American universities (recognized no diff than physically in the US), Harvard and Michigan state are a couple examples. Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt (possibly poorer than India), been there forever, AUB (American University of Beirut) recognized as an American college. Protest to have the Indian government to make US schools attractive for US universities to open campuses there. Private universities in the US (Catholic Jesuit colleges, Norte dame, Loyola, etc) charge the same tuition if ur a local or from South Asia.

It's very clear now! COLLEGE IS A SCAM! Don't go to college until you really need to, and until you have a 100% job guarantee for what you are studying.

Georgian college is definitely guilty of exploiting international students

Strange why only people from Punjab are being lured? People need to do their diligence before falling into these traps and not take the easy way out. There are definitely more legitimate ways to get into a reputed college.

Congratulations...Canada now has a reputation of crappy college education. \nThat minister is a con artist.

When i went to Canada for my studies in 2015 at Fleming College, the class had only four international students. Three Indians and one Nigerian.\nIn 2017, the same class admitted 100+ Indian International students and 3 Canadian students.\nI left Canada in 2016.\nIt's not worth spending so much money to live in a Tundra, just to pay taxes.

Please fix the title! The onus is not just on recruiters in India but Colleges and recruitment agencies in Canada who are PAYING them! Great content but misleading headline

Work 74 years to pay 1 year’s tuition? Really??\n\nI know that 1 CAD will get you approx. 60 INR, but wages have increased dramatically in India, so I don’t know how the math was done to assert that it would take 74 years to pay 1 year’s tuition.\n\nI checked Alpha college’s tuition fee for 4 semesters or two years, and it’s $31,130 or $15,565 for 1 year, which, in today’s market exchange rate is, less than INR 940,000. \n\nI know and have several relatives in India who makes anywhere between CAD equivalent of $8000 and $20000 per year. Not sure what the wages are in Punjab, but can’t imagine that assertion is correct. Irrespective, I know that even CAD $15,565 is very high for most Indian families.

I don’t think this is an Canadian problem alone. Australia has its fair share especially Melbourne. Lot of dubious colleges which aren’t accredited or recognised. The lure of international education and better life will always be a draw card regardless….

Indian Government should start making at least 30 medical colleges and 20 TECH UNIVERSITIES \nbefore 2015\nnow we are suffering ? coz of lack of Good Government education

At a time when Internet was at its infancy and not available to all, I had researched, applied (snail mail), and came to Canada in 1995 as a foreign student and attended a public college for 3+ years, including co-op. This was 27 years ago and it surprises me that with the wealth of information at our disposal today, there are folks who are still being taken for a ride. People need to smarten up, but often times, I find that it’s the shortcut attitude of many which allows a system like this to exists. I feel sad for these students and their parents, but if you truly want to have a full-fledged Uni / College experience in Canada, then stay away from these for-profit private colleges; apply to a school of repute.

Apply board is also sending students to these private colleges. I know someone who was robbed $3000 by apply board because he refused admission to some private university in Canada.

#TheFifthEstate, please investigate Conestoga College

Ohh.. this video exist.. thts the truth.. for those who are reading from INDIA... college's tati a ethe... SPSLY.. lambton na ajayeoo.. galti nall.. bus nam ki degree.. ??

This is fraud. Colleges should be held responsible for this.

I do not understand only one thing and thats the Indian people obsession with Canada and USA, I mean going there and letting your parents pay huge amounts of money and selling their lands and breaking their back for your school fees to enter some low level college or university and in the end not even sure if you will succeed. Instead you can go to Europe ( a lot of countries to choose from ) much cheaper or even free in some countries, all you have to do is learn the language (for it to be free) you can have a good life, cheaper and safer than US or Canada and after you graduate you can get a good job with good pay, even get permanent residence or citizenship.But still 99 percent of Indians wanna move to US OR Canada,UK aswell and in some cases Australia.

Everybody profits on this scheme landlords, colleges, company's get min wage workers. Sean Frazier is an absolute traitor

make private colleges illegal its simple

How about the kids work and pay for their own college? ?

Queens College in Mississauga is an example of such a college. Finance Manager Murli running the show and recruiting cheap teachers who have to pass all students. No education, no skills only exploitation of students.

If u r getting admission in public colleges go for it but before enrolling in career colleges think twice and check placement data.

I am wondering how Indians get visa with admission letter from these colleges while students from other countries struggle to get visa having offer letter from top universities.

Just do one thing, limit number of international students to 60% - 70% in every college. And college cannot be started if rest 30% - 40% of seats for domestic students is not filled first. If any college wants to go for international students only, then their admission process/audit should go through Canadian government. So there is no exploitation of international students.

There are many colleges and universities in India, why not go there.

Have you interviewed the Brains ( Directors ) of ALPHA COLLEGE, Fifth State? I was surprised you did not mention that in your program.

The same thing happens to poor people in America. We're sold a big lie can't afford housing while in college and good luck finding a job while in school that will pay you much because you can't start work til after 3 or 5 on due to classes. This isn't about being Indian this is about being poor.

99 % indian and 100% international students. Thats a red flag right there lol. And why do these people join some random college no one knows about? go to good institutes that are actually legit .

Indians students should go to Canada’s recognized universities only. These A, B, C colleges are too useless.

The amount of money these colleges make from international students is insane!

If every college has a prescribed upper limit to the number of students it can enrol, how do the total enrolments of all colleges combined get overlooked by the authorities? It sure sounds fishy.

Horrible story .I am sad to see those students suffering as I am also mother of a college student ..May Lord Jesus protect them and bless them with bright future ...FromEU

I would like to thank CBC Fifth Estate for their initiative to uncover the trauma these students go through. This is only one cornerstone of the story. Fifth Estate need to dig deeper and come up with part 2 to look in to our Federal Government policy regarding issuing Student Visa from India. Why these so called for profit colleges / agencies only targeting students from India and not from any other countries ? The Student VISA process is different for students from other countries. It’s our government who is exploiting these students and playing with their hopes and dreams.

DONT GO TO COLLEGES. GO TO UNIVERSITIES. INDIANS ARE SPOILING CANADA FOR GOING TO THE SUSTANDARD COLLEGES THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT

THIS IS A BIG COLLEGE SCAM IN CANADA.

The top 10 percent of born Canadians could not pass India colleges, much harder

Hanson College ???... Stay away from all these colleges . alpha College...amity university is better

i am an indian and i dont understand why some indian families particularly in punjab and andhra region are soo obsessed with sending there kids outside for education ??? it has little value in india unless it is an IB league college .. someone going to canada to study commerce or a BSc is very stupid . Finish your graduation in india and give exams for masters . go abroad only if you have a certain good score otherwise it is of no use .

In India too, colleges have popped up like mushrooms, without facilities to educate, majority is owned by either politicians or fortune hunting free loaders.

If you are coming to a western country, nursing is your easiest ticket. That's probably the cheapest and easiest path to PR in most western countries especially in US. You only need 2 year Associate degree. Many community colleges give your local tuition rates if tuition is paid by a local resident.

Quality of studies by all these colleges is zero and students cannot speak up due to fear of being deported . It’s a mafia making money exploiting poor kids. Businesses come in to exploit further by taking advantage of students paying under minimum wage, all of these violators should be sacked. Shame on the government watching all this happen.

Will these hyena Canadian colleges feel any compassion viewing these lives from/in India or will it be business as usual with their hired agents ? Heart-rending , pathetic to say the least.

Well, if u don't get into an actual university, \nUofT, Waterloo, McMaster etc...\nDont go to international private college.. its a scam. Ive seen Canadians (non first gen immigrants) go to these fake schools and not get anything valuable. There's so many fake schools. CANADA HAS FAKE SCHOOLS period. Its not just international students, its also born and raised canadians, struggling to pay the loans after fake useless diplomas.

Why is Canadian colleges charging fees 3 times equivalent to residents fees. Why is Canadian Government not able to give more managerial jobs than labour jobs for students because there are only warehouses in Canada. Canada only wants labors and that too students who can work overtime to pay their bills and expenses. Why Canadian government not auditing houses which provides such shaddy accommodations...because these all narratives suits Canada and you Canadian exploit innocent rural people from India on pretext of PR and good life not never share these harsh realities

I spent 6 years in university and 7 years in college after that. \nI had absolutely no idea this was going on. I also didn’t really understand why international students had to pay such a high tuition fee. As a domestic student, I already struggled to pay my tuition fees.

Documentary misses a major issue. PR aspirants taking study visa route and filling up Canadian career colleges is the elephant in the room.