A recent report by British Council revealed that the number of outbound students across the world is expected to increase by 1.7 per cent annually on average between 2015 and 2027. The report, International Student Mobility to 2027: Local Investment, Global Outcomes, forecast tertiary enrolment and outbound student mobility across 56 countries. “While China will be home to the greatest growth in outbound student numbers — the number of its students going abroad is forecast to increase by 245,000 to 1.46 million by 2027 — in India, the number of outbound students is predicted to increase by 185,000 to 439,000 by 2027. “Together, the two Asian giants will continue to drive outbound mobility over the next decade; they are forecast to account for 60 per cent of the global growth in outbound students to 2027,” she added. UM International Student Center director Salmi Marsita Shaari said, in the Malaysian context, mobility students can be divided into two categories — inbound and outbound.

Source: New Strait Times May 23, 2018 02:26 UTC