In a changing international situation, Third World countries are accelerating efforts to realize recognizable success within the field of education. Pakistan has additionally taken measures to the current result. These efforts, though laudable, are debated by some lecturers as non-sustainable and therefore non-productive. Notwithstanding these objections, over 2,000 students are able to avail scholarships advertised by the upper Education Commission (HEC). These scholarships within the field of science and technology are expected to bring experience to the country and set it on the trail of progress. The expertise additionally aims to relinquish people a worldwide perspective, hence contributing towards the creating of ‘global’ voters. On the economic and employment front, it offers an excellent advantage to graduates of prestigious international universities in gaining employment among the country and abroad. within the job market, preference is given to contemporary graduates!
This reality was highlighted when a revered teacher and school member of the Punjab University visited the coed advising workplace at the US Consulate Lahore to inquire concerning Graduate Degree Programs within the US for his son. He explained that despite the very fact that his son had a record of outstanding tutorial credentials, he lost out to foreign, particularly US educated candidates, within the job market. Unfortunate though true might seem for the native graduates, it's a proven fact that the international education expertise, particularly at renowned academic establishments, will typically provide a plus to students who are applying for jobs.
This understanding has led to a rise in study abroad plans in most countries, particularly in those countries where the native education trade continues to be evolving. UNESCO records a fifty six p.c increase in international student enrollment from 1999-2004. Six countries host sixty nine p.c of the world’s mobile students. They are: USA (22 p.c); UK fourteen p.c; Germany ten percent; France ten percent; Australia seven percent and China 5 percent (UNESCO, and Open Doors 2006). Currently there are two.5 million international students worldwide and in keeping with forecasts there'll be seven.2 million international students (worldwide) in two025 (Boehm, Davis, Meares and Pearce, 2002).
What is vital here is to grasp the explanations for this increased demand, aside from the very fact that it's perceived as a key to raised employability. The yankee Council on Education enumerates the subsequent factors that have led to a rise in ‘internationally mobile students,’ a term coined by UNESCO:
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