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At least 25 Indian students in their first semester of computer sciences programme at Western Kentucky University have been asked to return to India or find placement in other schools, because they did not meet the admission standards of the varsity, The New York Times said on June 6 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a US visit.Some 60 Indian students were enrolled for the programme in January 2016 and the university was said to have used international recruiters to enroll them.James Gary, the chairman of Western Kentucky`s computer science programme, said that "almost 40" of the students did not meet the requirements of their admissions, even though they were offered remedial help by the university.This means that 35 students may be allowed to continue while 25 "must leave". Gary said permitting the students to continue in the programme would "be throwing good money after bad" because they were unable to write computer programmes, a necessity of the curriculum and a skill that US schools teach to undergraduates.The students had been admitted after a recruitment campaign in India where the recruiters had run advertisements offering "spot admission" to the university, as well as tuition discounts.
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