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Here are some useful preparation tips and advice for
parents before departure of students. These tips deal with parents role
before departure of students.
Preparation Tips for Parents Before Departure of
Student
A study trip to another country is like an adventurous experience to
your son or daughter. Thus, you need to take high level of safety
measures as a parent. Parent's role is too important in the process of
sending the student abroad. Support from parents can boost up the moral
values of students and helps them to make a well-prepared trip. Here are
some tips you can go through before your ward leaves home as a study
abroad student:
- Be the first guide by inculcating the values and objectives in
your student. Advise them, as an elder citizen of your beloved
country, to spend their years in the foreign country as a
responsible and accountable citizen of your country.
- Help them to understand how the program, he or she will opt, is
designed and how it can help them to facilitate and promote their
life skills.
- Be the first counselor to your student and tell them how well
individual programs, services and new environments fit your
student's academic needs, personal goals, language preparation,
expectations, benefits and interests.
- Help them to weigh the pros and cons of study abroad in a
particular program or destination city or country relative to other
programs, destination city or country.
- Try to make your ward understand that as a study abroad aspirant
they will have to fulfill many expectations like interaction with
human community, academic performance, social standing and good
behavior.
- Advice them to understand that even as the 'students from other
country', they are bound to the law and rules of the new country.
- Help them to know how to avail the financial assistance and
scholarships and direct them to follow the procedures of the
respective school or university or institute.
- Ask and help your student to pursue the pre-departure preparation
according to the requirements.
- Be aware of the living arrangement of your student as different
schools follow different guidelines in offering stay facilities.
Make sure about your student's stay details like whether they are
going to take a home stay or a residence or independent living or
any other living options.
- Advice your student how to follow the security measures,
emergency procedures and recommended precautionary measures for
health.
- Make sure that you have his or her contact information and they
have your complete contact information. If possible, give him or her
the contacts of some of the reliable friends and relatives.
- Be informed about the happenings of the country where your
student is going and have a valid passport of yours for exigency
purposes and make sure you have a copy of your student's passport
also.
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