{"id":5504,"date":"2013-02-12T00:54:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T00:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2013-09-15T04:39:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T04:39:20","slug":"sub-saharan-african-students-are-among-the-most-mobile-in-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=5504","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Saharan African Students are among the most mobile in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"logo<\/a>According to the latest UIS data, at least 3.6 million students in 2010\u00a0were enrolled in tertiary education abroad, up from 2 million in 2000.\u00a0 The surge in internationally mobile students reflects the rapid expansion of enrolment in higher education globally, which has grown by 78per cent in a decade.<\/p>\n

East Asia and the Pacific is the largest source of international students, representing 28per cent of the global total. Students from China make up one-half of this figure, or 17per cent of the total. The United States, Australia, and Japan are their main destinations for study.<\/p>\n

North America and Western Europe follows, accounting for 15per cent of those going abroad.<\/p>\n

In relative terms, students from\u00a0Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are the most mobile in the world. About 6 out of 100 tertiary students from Central Asia, and 5 out of 100 from sub-Saharan Africa go away to study.<\/span><\/p>\n

Education\u00a0hubs are developing in the regions and attracting growing concentrations of mobile students. South Africa, for example,\u00a0received 17per cent of mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. Nonetheless, France remains the region’s\u00a0top destination, receiving 19 per cent of students.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Arab States has also seen a steady rise in outbound students over the past ten years, accounting for 7 per cent of the global total. France, the United States and the United Kingdom absorb most of these students; however, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) are also popular destinations for high-level studies.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Several countries have more students studying abroad than at home. In\u00a0S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe, for example,\u00a0fewer than 1,000 students were enrolled in domestic higher education institutions, representing 4per cent of its tertiary-age population; whereas approximately 2,500 students studied abroad, or 14per cent of tertiary-age population.\u00a0In\u00a0other words, 18per cent of the population of university age were enrolled in higher education programmes.<\/p>\n

\u00a0NB<\/span>: \u00a0The term \u201cinternationally mobile students\u201d refers to students who have crossed a national border to study, or are enrolled in a distance learning programme abroad. These students are not residents or citizens of the country where they study. Internationally mobile students are a sub-group of\u00a0\u201cforeign students,\u201d a category\u00a0that includes\u00a0those who have permanent residency in the host country.\u00a0 For this reason, the number of foreign students, globally, tends to be higher.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Good to know !<\/strong><\/p>\n

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