Exchange programs across Australia are back on after being suspended due to COVID-19.
Shana Imfeld was told to be prepared for bad news about her hopes of doing an exchange program in Australia.Some programs have recently resumed but hold-ups persist in some regions such as WAWith the COVID-19 travel restrictions making it hard to reach Australia even for some of its own citizens last year, the 16-year-old from Switzerland was prepared for an experience somewhere closer to home in Europe.
"It's totally amazing and it's also kind of weird because … so many new things come towards me," Shana said.Exchange programs across Australia were thrown into turmoil when COVID-19 created uncertainty about international travel. WA's Education Department has not started accepting forms from exchange students to join its classrooms, meaning Rotary students will not return to the state until July 2023.
Sneha Karri, a student in Korean studies and international relations at the University of Sydney, recently started an exchange program at the Seoul National University in South Korea."Until I was on the plane I didn't actually fully accept that I was going overseas because I was like, 'Oh, you know, it's been delayed three times'," Ms Karri said.Ms Karri is in South Korea on a New Colombo Plan Scholarship through the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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