Faster results and more test dates to help students achieve their study goals
Chandigarh, February 13, 2019 — IDP Education, a global leader in international education services,today announced the opening of four computer-delivered IELTS test centres in Punjab in a press conference held at JW Marriott. With the opening of these testcentres, students from Punjab will be able to receive their International English Language Testing System (IELTS) results in 5 to 7 days which earlier used to take close to a fortnight.
On the occasion, Mr. Piyush Kumar, Regional Director, South Asia – IDP Education said; “Punjab is an important region for us and we wanted to create more opportunities for students. With the opening of these centres, we are aimingto provide test takers from Punjab a launch pad for professional success by helping them to achieve their international education and career goals.”
IDP first launched computer-delivered IELTS in Australia and has since introduced it around the world. This new option is now available in more than 12 Indian cities.
The launch of these 4 new test centres in Punjab will provide students with greater flexibility of when to take their IELTS test, with tests running three times a day from Monday to Saturday.
Computer-deliveredIELTS also enables students to edit and highlight their answers, make notes for important questions, and complete their answers on a computer instead of manually writing the test. This option has become popular with students who are more comfortable typing instead of handwriting.
The students can also try their hands on the practice tests available on IDP IELTS India website to understand and experience IELTS on computer before their test date.
Mr. Vishal Gupta, Director IELTS Operations, South Asia, Indonesia andMalaysia said; “IELTS scores are accepted by over 10,000 universities and employers in many countries, including Australia,Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is the only test that is available in two formats – paper-based and computer-delivered. We introduced this new option as we want to empower test takers to choose how and when they take their world-leading test.”
“In fact, now a student can easily switch from paper-based format to computer-delivered IELTS at no extra cost at all”.
All computer-delivered IELTS test centres by IDP are state-of-the-art facilities customised to cater to the needs of a test taker.
In addition to Chandigarh now, IDP will have its new computer-delivered IELTS centresin below mentioned cities:
City Address
Amritsar SCO-57, 2nd Floor, District Shopping Complex, Opp. BSNL office, B-Block, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar
Jalandhar SCO 66,67, Opp. PIMS, ChottiBaradari, Part 2 GarhaRoad,Jalandhar
Ludhiana Tej Complex, 984/2, Opp. Passport office, Link road, Ludhiana
Bhatinda .P. Scheme no. 9, Part 1, Opp. Mittal Mall, Goniana Road, Bhatinda
About IDP
IDP Education is a global leader in international education services. With a network of over 110 international student placement centres, it has a presence in more than 32 countries. IDP Education Limited is an ASX listed company that is 50% owned by 38 Australian universities. For almost 50 years, IDP has played a major role in international education by offering comprehensive counselling services to students and having placed more than 400,000 students into quality institutions in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and more recently, Ireland.
Currently, IDP has 34 offices across India. We guide students and their families through the entire study overseas process – university and course selection, submission of application, assistance with the visa process and pre-departure planning.
IELTS
IDP is a proud co-owner of IELTS (International English Language Testing System). IELTS is jointly owned by IDP: IELTS Australia, British Council and Cambridge English Language Assessment. Since its launch in 1989, IELTS has become the world’s most popular high-stakes English language proficiency test.
IELTS is accepted as evidence of English language proficiency by over 10,000 organisations worldwide. Last year, more than 3 million tests were taken globally.