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speak English as a foreign language and aim to study at a post-secondary education institute
where the sole or dominant language of instruction occurs via the English language.
IELTS was not designed as, and is not, a test of vocational English proficiency. Rather, it was designed specifically to assess the English of students intending to
enter English-speaking universities or training programmes.(^) Professor David Ingram (2014); Co-designer and creator of the IELTS exam.
The IELTS consortium comprises three business partners: IDP Education Limited Liability
Corporation (Australia), University of Cambridge (Cambridge Assessment Group) and the British
Council. IDP Education is an Australian corporation. The University of Cambridge and the British
Council are public British Institutions.
Australia and Britain are historical colonial powers and are members of the Commonwealth of
nations, formerly known as the British Commonwealth. Australia’s Indigenous population has
never been granted sovereignty status in any Australian territory since Britain’s Armed Forces
established settler colonies in Australia in 1788 (Prokhovnik, 2015). Britain’s colonial
administration of colonies and protectorate nations in modern day India, Pakistan, Egypt and
Palestine over the past century is widely documented by respected historians (e.g. Louis, 2006).
Most clients who sit the IELTS exam aim to secure a student visa, skilled work visa or a permanent
residency visa for Australia, New Zealand, Britain or Canada. These nations are members of the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and they possess developed