| The
Bombay Mercantile Co-op. Bank Ltd. (Education loan scheme) |
The Bombay Mercantile
Co-op. Bank Ltd. is granting educational loan to the students for different
certificate's, diploma as well as graduation, post-graduation & professional
courses like Management, Engineering & Medicine approved by the Govt.
Board or AICT recognised by Indian Universities or by the Universities
abroad. More details about the amount of loans & its requirement of
securities can be obtained from the Branch Manager, Musafirkhana Branch
of the Bank on Phone Nos. 2617048 & 2615469.
| Canada
looking for immigrants |
An
ageing population means shortages of skilled workers, reports Ken Warn,
but the country does not take just anyone.
While voters in many
of the world's wealthier countries are clamoring for tighter curbs on
immigrants, one of the richest is out there touting for new citizens.
Canada's government
has taken to heart demographic studies showing that the country is facing
worsening shortages of key workers and is pressing ahead with efforts
to attract skilled immigrants. Opinion polls show that despite mounting
security concerns since September 11, Canadians appear mostly comfortable
with policies that admit thousands of immigrants every year.
Canada's population
of 31m is ageing, and the retirement of millions of baby-boomers in the
not too distant future will leave the country with a smaller and less
skilled workforce. Immigration already accounts for more than 70 per cent
of net labour market growth and by 2011 it will account for all of it
according to Statistics Canada.
So concerned are officials
that Canada uses its embassies and high commissions around the world to
seek out new immigrants. Embassy staff maintains links with foreign universities
and trawl job fairs to find likely new Canadians. Funding has also been
increased to help process the backlog of applicants to enter the country.
Canada even sets an
annual target for the number of new immigrants it wants to attract. When
Denis Coderre, citizenship and immigration minister, announced this year
that Canada had attracted 250,386 immigrants in 2001, exceeding the target
by more than 25,000, it was seen as cause for celebration.
Canada would like,
over the long term, to increase its immigration target to an annual 1
per cent of the population, but is constrained by its ability to process
applicants and a desire not to overload the jobs market.
But immigration has
no doubt become mote controversial since September 11. A recent poll for
CTV showed Canadians evenly spilt over whether the number of immigrants
admitted annually should be reduced or should remain stable. Some 73 percent
of those questioned back mandatory finger printing of immigrants.
But unlike in Europe,
anti-immigrant rhetoric has failed to enter the political mainstream.
There are concerns among the public over immigration, but they are simply
not as high in Europe says Lorne Waldman an immigration lawyer with Jackman,
Waldman & Associates. Overall, there is a perception that we are a
big country and under populated,
Few Canadians can
trace back their family's presence in the country more than two or three
generations. Born of a clash between English, French and indigenous cultures,
Canada have also embraced multiculturalism with enthusiasm. There appears
to be little perception that the host culture is under threat.
However, though Canada
wants people it will not take just anybody. About 60 per cent of new permanent
residents last year were classed as economic immigrants. These were, overwhelmingly,
skilled workers who, are graded, under a complex 'points' system that
awards high marks for university education or for a three year diploma
trade certificate or apprenticeship. Others were investors or entrepreneurs.
Of the jobs being
advertised in Canada, over 70 percent require some form of post-secondary
education, said Susan Scarelett of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
These are the kind of people we want.
Refugees made up 11
per cent of immigrants last year, while 27 per cent were people joining
family members already in the country. China proved the biggest source
of new Canadians, providing more than 40,000 immigrants, followed by India
(28,000) Pakistan (15,000) and the Philippines (13,000) Almost 1,400 refugees
were from Kosovo.
Absorbing people on
this scale can cause strains. The vast majority of immigrants head for
Canada's big cities, especially Toronto, followed by Vancouver and Montreal.
Areas such as Atlantic
Canada, which have suffered an exodus of young people and are struggling
to find qualified workers, are largely shunned by the new comers.
Mr. Coderre recently
suggested that new immigrants should be asked to sign a 'social contract',
agreeing to live in a particular area for three to five years. The idea
met a frosty reception particularly from the Chinese community, who said
it smacked of authoritarian population policies, back home.
Where ever they end
up, immigrants often find life in Canada is not without its hardships.
The country does not recognise most foreign professional qualifications.
Doctors, nurses, engineers
and other qualified workers are often forced to take at least some of
their training again at Canadian institutions. Inevitably, some fall to
re-enter their professions. Toronto has some of the world's most highly
qualified taxi drivers.
Employers also routinely
demand 'Canadian experience' something immigrants are short of. It can
be incredibly difficult to get a job without Canadian experience says
Ekta Czika, an officer administrator and immigrants from Romania. But
if i tell people back home that life can be hard here, they just don't
believe me.
(Financial Times-London
From Haji A. Razzak - London)
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| Career
Guidance Seminar cum Exhibition Organized by, The Ladies Committee
AIMJF |
The
Ladies Committee of the All India Memon Jamat Federation had organized
a Career Guidance
Seminar cum exhibition at first floor, Hall of Kolsa mohalla, Halai Memon
Jamat khana on Saturday, 22nd June, 2002 at 4.00 p.m. Four Counselors
from 'Growth Centre Chembur' were invited to speak on the eligibility,
duration and scope of the various streams of education after SSC and HSC
Board Exams. Details regarding the vocational courses for School dropouts
were also dealt with in detail. Posters placards charts describing various
courses were put on the walls, which are self-explanatory. After that
a session of open forum to ask the questions was kept. The program lasted
up to 8:45 p.m. and it was attended by the noted personalities of the
Jamat and members of the Ladies Committees of various Jamats.
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