Experts welcome change in IELTS for Canada study visa, students fret over quality, job security

IDP Education, the co-owner of IELTS, recently announced that Indian students applying through the Student Direct Stream (SDS) category for Canadian study permit will not be required to achieve a minimum score of 6.0 bands in all individual sections of the test from August. “We place complete trust in the decision made by IRCC and share their perspective that this adjustment will empower test takers to pursue their educational aspirations in Canada by placing greater emphasis on the overall score rather than individual band scores,” Piyush Kumar, Regional Director (South Asia and Mauritius) “This step will open doors for a lot of such talented students who deserved a chance but missed out on the technicality of a test score. While test scores are an amazing way to rationalise a student’s skill, the bridge that this drop in 0.5 band score will create for students is huge,” says AkshayChaturvedi, founder and CEO of Leverage Edu.

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