26.7.2009
the number of studented enrolled in higher education is 152.5 million students in 2007. The number of male students is 75 million and female students is 77.4 million.
The percentage of the relevant age group now enrolling is 26%. These facts are from a recently released Unesco report titled Global Education Digest 2009.
In China, the enrolment of higher education students has grown at an average of 19% each year since 2000.
Study in Foreign Countries
Unesco statistics show that more than 2.8 million student around the world are studying outside their country.
Author of higher education: Crossing the borders Jane Knight says this number is likely to balloon to about 8 million by 2025.
Recently there was a World Conference on Higher Education in Paris.
In its proceedings it was revealed that China is number one in sending students to foreign countries. India comes second with more than 500,000 students spread across 55 countries. In USA, there are more than 100,000 Indian students.
I opened a knol to identify the topics that would help undergraduate program in Computer Science and Engineering.
Knol authors can indicate knols that are relevant for various topics in the syllabus. I shall link them to those topics. We can create similar linked syllabuses for various other universities.
Original knol - http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/knol-bulletin-board-education/ 2utb2lsm2k7a/ 1501
