WWEC July’23: News Impacting Global Education
POPULAR STUDY DESTINATION UPDATES
France | Indian students pursuing PG will get 5-year work visa
Indian students pursuing Masters degree in France post-study visa tenure after their post-graduation will be increased from two to five years. Read more here
Germany | Eases rules for skilled workers to move to the country
Under the new law, qualified workers from third countries can enter Germany for work purposes under more relaxed conditions starting spring of next year. Read more here.
Netherlands | Aims to restrict the use of English in higher education courses
Netherlands to work on a plan to stop English instruction in higher education and only allow courses to be taught in English and other languages if there is a strong reason for it. Read more here.
United Kingdom | Increases visa fees for applicants all over the world
The UK’s Prime Minister announces an increase in work visa fees by 15% and an immigration health surcharge by 66% for applicants worldwide. This move aims to cover the country’s public sector wage increase. Read more here.
United States | Americans’ confidence in higher ed drops sharply
As per the Gallup poll, American confidence in higher education universities sank to an all-time low from 57% in 2015 to 36% due to rising fees, free speech, political rows and course value. Read more here.
ASIA UPDATES
- In recognition of the effectiveness and alignment of CBSE’s International Board with international standards, the Indian government plans to expand the reach of CBSE-i schools globally.
- The Nepali government has increased the tax Nepali students must pay on the payments they send to foreign colleges and universities from 2% to 3%.
- As per Japan’s education ministry estimate, the annual number of students entering university in Japan between 2040 to 2050 is expected to fall by about 130,000 from 2022.
- Under a proposal to attract more talent to the city, Hong Kong’s publicly funded universities can now allow double the number of non-local undergraduates admitted in the 2024-25 academic year to around 6,000.
- The Minister of Education recently said that 80% of international students in Singapore’s autonomous universities receive tuition grants, while the remainder pay full fees.
- Vietnam and France step up education cooperation, where they discuss allowing French and European universities to have a presence in Vietnam while enabling Vietnamese students to study at the main campuses of these universities.
AFRICA UPDATES
- As the Central Bank of Nigeria allowed a free float of the national currency against the dollar and other global currencies, Nigerian students looking to study abroad will likely spend N310.63bn more to get dollars.
- Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has launched Tuition, a new payment product, to allow African users to conveniently pay various fees to educational institutions within Africa and overseas using their local currencies.
- The establishment of the first foreign campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) in Tanzania will offer local students enhanced educational opportunities and will contribute to the development of the country and the broader African region.
- Kenyan MPs approve the establishment of the first virtual university in Kenya, offering a low-cost alternative to traditional higher education for Kenyan students, charging fees between Sh10,400 and Sh10,900 per module, depending on the course.
- Over a span of six days, close to 168,000 prospective graduate students across Ethiopia will undertake nationwide graduate exit exams.
- The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board has turned down applications by new Uganda students seeking study loans for the academic year 2023-24.
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