as part of the international education week2002 from november 1822 the united states educational foundation of india usefi organised different events countrywide to promote exchange programmes with the us to deepen understanding across culturesthe events in the capital kickedoff on november 18 with a panel presentation on international education country perspectives at the american centre the participating countries included us uk canada ireland france germany and australia whereas new zealand was conspicuous by its absence delivering the opening remarks jane e schukoske executive director usefi said the us department of state in partnership with the department of education is celebrating international education week to reach out to young people to develop a broader understanding of cultures and languages of respective countries the education week reiterates our efforts to endure friendship and partnerships through international education and exchange and the coming together of educational services of respected countries will go a long way in realising that goalthe presentations of respective educational services were centred around the programmes offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate level in the areas of engineering mba computer science and other specialised subjects qualifications and marks required getting admissions in institutes of higher learning visa procedures cost of living tuition fees how can one get scholarship or grant place to live in and whether one can take up paid employment while studying in respective countriesquentin stevenson perks counsellor education and training australain education international hazel siromoni canadian education centre network patrick beck director french language and education bureau hannelore bossmann director german academic exchange service shikha j mohanty education and trade manager ireland jugnu roy assistant manager education uknorth india and vijaya khandavilli educational advisor usefi gave different aspects of higher education programmes for the benefit of students interested in pursuing education in these countries each presentation was followed by a question and answer session where educational counsellors got an opportunity to know more about the educational programmes in respective countriesmoreover this was not the end as the usefi organised a debate competition on education abroad brain gain or brain drain participating in this competition were two students each from army public school aps ridge road dps rk puram modern school barakhamba road birla vidya niketan bvn pushp vihar mothers international school aurobindo marg and spring dales school pusa road who spoke in favour and against the topic debators were marked on the basis of content research and data collection language voice modulation stage presence and pronunciation whereas injectors were marked on the basis of quality of questions language expression pronunciation and stage presence abhinandan gupta of bvn who spoke in favour of the topic had an interesting aspect to this debate gupta said students want to go abroad as most of the indian universities and institutions of higher learning apart from a chosen few are in a bad shape moreover students do leave the country because very few seats are offered in institutes like iims and iitson the other hand rishabh gulati of modern school who spoke