After China, India has most students abroad

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After China, India has most students abroad
Bangalore: India stands after China at second spot for the number of students going overseas for studies; the Global Education Digest 2009 compiled by UNESCO highlighted the fact, the Times of India reports. Astonishingly, U.S. is no longer a hot destination for Indian students. Earlier, U.S. had a major chunk with over 71 percent students were based in the country, eight percent in the U.K. and 7.6 percent in Australia. From 1999 to 2009 (the 10-year UNESCO study period), the number of Indian students has increased to a great extent, even though number of Indian students going to the U.S. is down to 56 percent. Now, large number of Indian students are going to Australia, Germany, New Zealand and the U.K. Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa have seen more number of students. France's share rose from 7.4 percent in 1999 to 8.8 percent in a decade. China, Korea and New Zealand also emerged as new popular destinations. The study which covered 153 countries, released last week looked for: from which countries do these students originate? Which countries are their top destinations? What levels and fields of study do mobile students choose? How are choices about student mobility and field of study influenced by gender? And it found the global number of mobile students has gone up by 53 percent since 1999 and expansion has been particularly intense since 2000, with 51.7 million new students enrolled around the world in just seven years. An academician associated with UNESCO said, "GED is a wake-up call to policy-makers." The number of female students aspiring education abroad went up by six times from 10.8 to 77.4 million. Male students count more than females among graduates in nearly two-thirds of 80 countries. The report also looked for the reasons for the students wishing to go abroad for education, as some of the reasons being, a chance to broaden cultural and intellectual horizons, to avoid the frustrations of under-resourced universities at home, to pursue a particular field of education or type of program. Reputed academic institutions attract large number of students. Some countries aim highly-skilled immigrants.

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