Report Reveals 17% Rise Of Indian Students In Australia

23 May 2014

A latest official data has revealed that the Indian students enrolled in the educational institutions at Australia rose more than 17% this year.

During the initial three-month period, 35, 671 students were enrolled across a range of sectors as compared to 30,372 students during the same period of the previous year.

During January to March this year, Victoria holds the record of highest Indian student enrollment with 14,511, whereas only 6,430 students were enrolled in New South Wales.

 During the same period India holds the largest share with regards to the total enrollments in Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector accounting for 19%.A total number of 15,296 students were enrolled in the VET sector while 17,806 were enrolled in the higher education sector during January to March.

Patrick Suckling, Australian High Commissioner to India, said that huge numbers of students were being attracted to the renowned higher educational system of Australia.

He also said that 75% of the Indian offshore applications were processed inside 29 days and 50% of them were processed inside 20 days.

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