Covid conundrum: Students caught in a logjam in the run-up to Fall semester

With Canada, Australia extending restrictions, admission seekers are deferring their studies or looking elsewhere

Ready to go and study in Canada, Vishwam Patel (name changed on request) had managed to book a flight from Delhi to Toronto with a layover at Doha when not only was his flight cancelled but Qatar also announced 10 days’ quarantine.

"In the last one month, I had to shell out over Rs two lakhs for flight tickets which got cancelled twice. I have no option but to defer my admission to January 2022 as I cannot afford to keep booking any more flights,” said a disappointed Patel who had been looking forward to studying mechanical engineering.

The Canadian government extended