PTI

New Delhi, May 29

The TOEFL take a look at will now be accepted to be used in Canada’s Student Direct Stream, an expedited examine allow processing programme for worldwide college students who plan to enrol in one in every of nation’s post-secondary designated studying establishments, in response to Educational Testing Service (ETS).

The take a look at has been accredited by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). So far, IELTS was the one English-language testing choice which was authorised for the SDS route.

“Not only will the addition of TOEFL benefit the hundreds of thousands of students who take advantage of the SDS route each year, but institutions can feel confident knowing that they can access a wider pool of applicants who can demonstrate their skills with the premier test of English-language proficiency,” Rohit Sharma, Senior Vice President of Global Higher Education and Workskills at ETS.

Students can start sending Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT scores as a part of their SDS software starting August 10, 2023. According to the IRCC, so long as all eligibility necessities are met, most SDS purposes are processed inside 20 calendar days.

“The acceptance of TOEFL iBT for SDS route is a welcome step that will benefit lakhs of Indian students aspiring to study in Canadian institutions. Indians are the biggest student population in Canada and this change will ease their visa and admission process, potentially making Canada an even more popular study abroad destination for Indian students,” stated Maria Mathai, Founder, MM Advisory Services, an abroad training consultancy.

ETS, which conducts TOEFL and Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), final month introduced a sequence of adjustments within the English language proficiency take a look at to create an optimum expertise for these taking it. The adjustments shall be efficient from July 26.

TOEFL is welcomed by greater than 12,000 establishments in over 160 international locations and is universally accepted in fashionable locations such because the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and by over 98 per cent of universities within the UK.  

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